George Will Says Only Obama, Pawlenty or Daniels Will Be President, Excludes Romney

Posted by in Featured, Politics on May 15, 2011 12:17 pm / 6 comments

Great clip from the latest edition of This Week with Christiane Amanpour (yes, she still has that job somehow) via the Daily Caller in which conservative columnist George Will says the candidates with a chance at winning all the way to January 20th, 2013 is Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and Gov. Daniels. And Daniels is still undecided.

From theDC:

“This is the most open scramble on the Republican side since 1940 when Wendell Willkie came out of the woodwork and swept the field,” Will said. “I think — people are complaining this is not off to a brisk start. I think that’s wrong. I think we know with reasonable certainty that standing up there on the West front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2013 will be one of three people: Obama, [former Minnesota Gov. Tim] Pawlenty and [Indiana Gov. Mitch] Daniels. I think that’s it.”

It’s interesting that George Will would exclude Mitt Romney from this list when as of now he’s considered the “”frontrunner” since Huckabee bowed out on his show last night, but I understand his logic. It is going to be tough for Romney to win (or come close to winning like last time) in Iowa or many other early states with health care as such a large issue in the primary season.

It’s hard for a guy to be elected President if he can’t win his party’s nomination. But that remains to be seen. Video of Will below, again thanks to the Daily Caller:

 
 

6 Comments

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    May 22, 2011 at 11:24 am

    [...] Last week, George Will said that if a Republican wins the presidential election next November, it will be either Tim Pawlenty or Mitch Daniels. [...]

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    May 22, 2011 at 11:31 am

    [...] Last week, George Will said that if a Republican wins the presidential election next November, it will be either Tim Pawlenty or Mitch Daniels. [...]

  3. The Search for Romney’s Running Mate « Pragmatic Progressivism says:
    July 11, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    [...] as an analyst. He certainly would not outshine Romney, but he may be too boring. A lot of influential Republicans were calling for Pawlenty to get into the race and when he did, pundits loved his chances. [...]

  4. Pragmatic Progressivism says:
    July 11, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    [...] as an analyst. He certainly would not outshine Romney, but he may be too boring. A lot of influential Republicans were calling for Pawlenty to get into the race and when he did, pundits loved his chances. [...]

  5. The Search for Romney’s Running Mate « Pragmatic Progressivism says:
    July 11, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    [...] as an analyst. He certainly would not outshine Romney, but he may be too boring. A lot of influential Republicans were calling for Pawlenty to get into the race and when he did, pundits loved his chances. [...]

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