Why can't the Republicans find a decent candidate to challenge Obama?

It's really more that they don't have a position more than they don't have a candidate. Anyone that gets up and tries to sell us more tax cuts for the rich and more cuts to services and education for the working class has no real chance. If a Republican had the right message, they could challenge President Obama.

I mean, he hasn't exactly been able to deliver on reforming the whole corporate welfare system, look at the bailouts. But the Republicans have actually benefited from his administration and no one they can put up has a better message.

I suppose "decent" is one of perspective. I know one of my most intelligent followers, who is also pretty Conservative, would probably find several of candidates decent; I won't posit which ones but would guess it wouldn't be Romny or Huntsman, not that he doesn't consider them decent, but they don't reflect his views strongly enough. Me, on the other hand, consider Romney the only, of the ones I have studied, I think would make a reasonable President (my choice is Obama) and actually has a chance of winning once he can stop lying (that is what politicians do, you see) about what he truly believes in order to get nominated; independents are still upset with Obama and may not go back to him and if a moderate Conservative is running, the Liberal Democrats may not vote.

Back to your question. The rest of the field are not decent in your view, and in mine, because they are so far to the right. But, they are decent, popular, nominatable, and electable because they strike a chord with the right-wing element of the Conservative wing of the Republican Party.To the rest of us, they are decent cadidates meaning they are not electable in a general election, however, unless the economy has tanked again.

For most of them, they are so far to the right that even if unemployment and growth remains where it is, I feel it is Obama's election to lose.

Probably because it is like trying to find water in a flame. It just doesn't seem to exist.

It's a mistake to judge the field by the primaries. I'm sure you know as well as I do, that the politicians you see on the primaries, Democrat or Republican, are not the politicians we see in the general election, when they "tack to the center" and become more "reasonable," and so forth. What I'm saying is that this field of Republicans may not seem "decent" now, but just wait until the general election and you'll see them become infinitely more "decent" as usual.

Yes, their records are on thing, but its not like we mere voters are encouraged to challenge candidates on issues, and its not like we are given much knowledge by the mass media about candidate's records or anything, I don't know.... substantive or anything like that. Remember, the Republicans are trying to out-Republican each other in the primaries (which these days, as opposed to the days of Eisenhower means, out-Right Wing each other). But whoever makes it to the general election, no matter how not "decent" he or she seems, his or her handlers will make darn sure they rehabilitate their image to make them more attractive to the "general electorate" and "swing voters.

The reason the Republicans cannot find a decent candidate is because none of them are leaders and they are all too influenced by corporate fund contributions. Unfortunately that's the system.

Because there is no one decent in Washington anymore, and I mean no one.

The candidates they have to choose from show that they are trying way too hard.

Because the Republicans hve been hijacked by the Nut Jobs know as the Tea Party. A corporate funded group hell bent on defeating Obama no mattter who suffers along the way. They could not care less about you as shown in the Debates.

They cheer if you die because you can't afford health insurance.

The Republicans can not find or come up with a serious candidate because they are not focusing on the problem at hand. Their focus is on Obama and not the economy.

I have been considering running for President lately. I am a more often SAHM and so why not I say to myself!. Even though the thought runs through this head of mine, I still think there is no opposition because Obama is the man!

Republicans have yet to get off the bandwagon.

It is now December, 2011, and it is still unclear why no sober, sane, lucid and scandal free man or woman seems able or willing to step forward. Perhaps it is because they have made such a mess of things that they do not want to clean any of it up.

Polling suggests that Romney is a decent opponent to challenge Obama. In the current climate I think Obama would struggle to beat him. I do agree that the rest of the field is very weak though, and I don't see how candidates like Bachmann or Perry could beat Obama.

I don't think the party has recovered from the last Republican president. Many of the candidates in the field are using a race with an incumbent (always hard to win) to gain name recognition for the next election when it is more likely the party not in the White House will win. And in that election, the Republican big guns will no doubt come out of hiding and go for it.

Because the Tea Party has extinguished nearly all the reasonable Republican voices and induced the rest to prostitute themselves in an effort to be nominated.

Republicans are, as stated above, more interested in defeating Obama personally then fixing the problems at hand. Personally I think that "Get him! " attitude is deplorable and incredibly self righteous, how these candidates get elected to state congress, governorships, or what have you is beyond me.

And when it comes down to it, I mean really comes down to it; how can you measure up to Obama. Take away all the smear and trash talking and what do you have? A president who saved MILLIONS of jobs by restructuring the automotive industry and bailing them out.

A president who has killed over a dozen terrorist leaders and turned the war's focus from George Bush's oil campaign to where true evil lies. A president who has fought diligently to do what no other president has tried; universal healthcare! A president who kept us from a depression (Under Bush it would of been a sure thing).

And a president who has (for some reason) tried to get input on both sides on things like the debt, war, economy, and regulation.

I think it's because they have very high and limited expectations and no one with money or who can raise the money fits all their criteria.

The main reason that Republicans cannot find a decent candidate to challenge Obama is that I am not an American and therefore cannot stand for the Republican vote. If I could then I think I would be a decent candidate.

No one really wants to preside over the next collapse.

If we cannot be part of a good solution, we should not complain about the problem. Have you ever seen nonvoters complain about the person they put in office by not voting? They have no right!

It amazes me how people rave about Obama's drunk uncle or his fake birth certificate, or his mom's insurance policy. Silly! These people badly want to nail him.

I just wish that they would stop the embarrassing, petty accusations.

Ron Paul. He is a republican and he has great points for our country. The reason for him not being on the ballot for the elections was because people refuse to listen to his beliefs.

If you want to know more google his name. And learn.

Many would say on either side of the aisle that the race is wide open to anyone who wants to enter it who meets the qualifications for president. That's not exactly true. You can run but that does not mean that those in either party are going to open up their coffers and hand you money to support your campaign.So, the real selection process comes down to who the money is willing to support.

Those with brains figure that out pretty quick and choose to step aside. This limits the field and eventual narrows it to only those who party money will support for the long run. The Republican side has a lot of old tradition which begs for name recognition above and beyond any other aspect of the individual.

Consequently, they end up with a candidate who is recognized but not necessarily appreciated for the strength of his or her ideas. At present, whether it is true or not, Obama is spreading the disinformation that he will have a billion dollar war chest. This psychological warfare pushes a few out who buy into it.

If indeed Obama has that kind of money behind him, we certainly will get a lesson in whether or not an election can be bought. Meanwhile....things continue in the normal mode of operation on the right side of the aisle with little new blood in the mix.WB.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.