Compromise Candidate for President

[hawkboy76]

I've been discouraged lately thinking about the possibility of a Trump v. Clinton presidential race. Trump is out of his depth on basically every issue and has no business in the White House. Hillary is a compulsive liar with zero core convictions who has spent her life enabling an abuser of women (but hey, the economy was good and he's pro-choice, so it's all good).

I am wondering if there is any possibility of some sort of compromise candidate, someone who enough people from both the left and right would find tolerable, who could run as a 3rd party and actually have a shot at winning. I understand how incredibly unlikely this would be, but does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[soybean]

I honestly can't think of a single man or woman alive today that would fit that description.

 

[moral_victory]

3rd party and actually have a shot at winning

I have some bad news for you....

 

[The Tradition]

Caitlyn Jenner!

 

[naturalmwa]

or

 

[IACub]

H Ross Perot.

 

[The Tradition]

Bloomberg is a dictator. No freaking way.

 

[naturalmwa]

Bloomberg is a dictator. No freaking way.

That's why the right will like him.

 

[N_fuego]

LuteHawk

 

[moral_victory]

LuteHawk

He would double the White House paper usage with his formatting requirements.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

If people were screaming for better choices, there are some possibilities. But they aren't. Every D and R I talk with genuinely likes somebody running on his side in the primaries.

That could change as people drop out, but would it be too late.

I say we dip into the Hollywood pool. How about a ticket made up of George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson?

 

[IACub]

If people were screaming for better choices, there are some possibilities. But they aren't. Every D and R I talk with genuinely likes somebody running on his side in the primaries.

That could change as people drop out, but would it be too late.

I say we dip into the Hollywood pool. How about a ticket made up of George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson?

ClooJo

 

[naturalmwa]

If people were screaming for better choices, there are some possibilities. But they aren't. Every D and R I talk with genuinely likes somebody running on his side in the primaries.

That could change as people drop out, but would it be too late.

I say we dip into the Hollywood pool. How about a ticket made up of George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson?

Only if they dress like this:

 

[N_fuego]

Julie Newmar

 

[thewop]

Kirk Ferentz, running mate Kate Upton

 

[22*43*51]

or

One outlawed the Big Gulp.

The other is a Big Gulp.

 

[unIowa]

 

[naturalmwa]

Julie Newmar

I always thought she was so statuesque.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

John Huntsman

 

[hawkboy76]

What about an Evan Bayh/John Huntsman (or flip them) type ticket. Could the lefties and the righties tolerate this if the other options are Trump and Clinton?

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

One outlawed the Big Gulp.

The other is a Big Gulp.

Outlawing large drinks is fun to mock, but there's actually some sound psychology behind it.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

John Huntsman

He was by far the best GOP candidate in 2012.

 

[22*43*51]

Outlawing large drinks is fun to mock, but there's actually some sound psychology behind it.

Sound Psychology?

Now you're just trying to give me the giggles.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

What about an Evan Bayh/John Huntsman (or flip them) type ticket. Could the lefties and the righties tolerate this if the other options are Trump and Clinton?

Absolutely, they could. You could take any number of candidates (left leaning republicans, right leaning dems, fiscal conservative/socially liberal types, etc.) and be successful in a general election because well over half of the voting public is exactly like this. The problem, of course, is reaching the general election. Our presidential election process has become so polarizing during the primary campaigns that folks like this can never survive that long. Too much common sense and compromise inherent in these guys for the true blue dems and red-blooded 'mericans in the republican camps.

 

[IACub]

Someone like Jim Leach, who was a Republican but compromised to get legislation passed (and despite Graham-Leach-Bliley...)

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Someone like Jim Leach, who was a Republican but compromised to get legislation passed (and despite Graham-Leach-Bliley...)

According to Wikipedia:

He objected to military unilateralism as reflected in the Iran-Contra policy of the 1980s. He pushed for full funding of U.S. obligations to the United Nations, supported U.S. re-entry into UNESCO, and opposed U.S. withdrawal from the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.

Which is to say he'll turn off most cons.

If I read your comment correctly to mean he supported the Gramm bill, that's a disqualifier for me.

 

[IACub]

According to Wikipedia:

He objected to military unilateralism as reflected in the Iran-Contra policy of the 1980s. He pushed for full funding of U.S. obligations to the United Nations, supported U.S. re-entry into UNESCO, and opposed U.S. withdrawal from the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.

Which is to say he'll turn off most cons.

If I read your comment correctly to mean he supported the Gramm bill, that's a disqualifier for me.

Well his name's on the act, so yeah.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Absolutely, they could. You could take any number of candidates (left leaning republicans, right leaning dems, fiscal conservative/socially liberal types, etc.) and be successful in a general election because well over half of the voting public is exactly like this. The problem, of course, is reaching the general election. Our presidential election process has become so polarizing during the primary campaigns that folks like this can never survive that long. Too much common sense and compromise inherent in these guys for the true blue dems and red-blooded 'mericans in the republican camps.

And let's face it, these guys bored the voters to death. Which is why they went absolutely nowhere, despite being decent from a credentials and experience point of view.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Well his name's on the act, so yeah.

Ha! Didn't even notice. Got distracted by the misspelling.

 

[IACub]

Ha! Didn't even notice. Got distracted by the misspelling.

Oops, touché!

 

[IMCC965]

or

You can see the stretch marks on her boobs. She probably shouldn't wear that dress again or any low-cut top.

 

[naturalmwa]

You can see the stretch marks on her boobs. She probably shouldn't wear that dress again or any low-cut top.

Shouldn't a hetero see those as bragging marks? "My woman is so stacked the whole world can see how heavy her knockers are." Now for guys like me I can see why that fashion advice might be reasonable.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

I can see you are too young to recall the clinton economy was crap

 

[naturalmwa]

I can see you are too young to recall the clinton economy was crap

 

[TexMichFan]

or

I think he was looking for compromise candidates.

 

[Gimmered]

John Huntsman

He's my guy. But it is Jon.

 

[Gimmered]

It's time America, let's get this family in the White House.

 

[naturalmwa]

I think he was looking for compromise candidates.

I gave you a fiscal conservative social liberal. People say they want that. Like you, I suspect they don't really.

 

[Gimmered]

I gave you a fiscal conservative social liberal. People say they want that. Like you, I suspect they don't really.

If by social liberal you mean egotistical maniac that wants to run everybody's life you are correct.

 

[naturalmwa]

If by social liberal you mean egotistical maniac that wants to run everybody's life you are correct.

I mean that he is pro civil rights, pro choice, pro environment, anti gun and pro diversity. That seems to define him squarely in the liberal camp on social issues. He is also pro school accountability, pro charters, pro law and order, pro balanced budgets, pro tax cuts, pro free trade, anti drug legalization and pro term limits. So there is a lot there for the conservatives to like. I challenge you to name a better compromise candidate who is actually positioned to make a run in 2016. Bloomberg could self fund and make it work if legal obstacles are overcome.