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Presidency 2012

In 2012, President Obama will face re-election. Expect a large crowd of Republican candidates to compete for the GOP nomination. So, if a person is running -- or even thinking about running (or being floated as a legitimate draft candidate) -- we'll list him or her below. Plus all of the third party and independent P2012 hopefuls we can identify.

LEGEND:
BOLD = Announced Candidate (or filed an filed Exploratory Committee)
Italics = Possible Candidate


DEMOCRATIC PARTY:

Barack Obama Joe Biden

President Barack Obama (Illinois)
& Vice President Joe Biden (Delaware)


REPUBLICAN PARTY:

Haley Barbour

Governor Haley Barbour (Mississippi)
Government Site: Office of Governor Haley Barbour
Campaign Site: HaleyBarbour.com

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/HaleyBarbour

Scott Brown

US Senator Scott Brown (Massachusetts)
Government Site: Office of US Senator Scott Brown
Campaign Site: BrownForUSSenate.com

Jeb Bush

Former Governor Jeb Bush (Florida)
Official Site: Jeb.org
Public Policy Site: Foundation for Florida's Future

Dick Cheney

Former Vice President Dick Cheney (Wyoming)
Official Booking Agent Page: Hon. Richard B. Cheney
Draft Site: DraftCheney2012.com

Bob Corker

US Senator Bob Corker (Tennessee)
Government Site: Office of US Senator Bob Corker
Campaign Site: BobCorkerForSenate.com

Mitch Daniel

Governor Mitch Daniels (Indiana)
Official Site: Office of Governor Mitch Daniels
Political Site: MyManMitch.com

Lou Dobbs

TV/Radio Talk Show Host Lou Dobbs (New Jersey)
Official Site: LouDobbs.com

Newt Gingrich

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Georgia)
Official Site: Newt.org
PAC Site: American Solutions for Winning the Future
Public Policy Site: Center for Health Transformation

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/NewtGingrich

Mike Huckabee

Former Governor Mike Huckabee (Arkansas)
Campaign Site: MikeHuckabee.com
PAC Site: Huck PAC
Public Policy Site: Vertical Politics Institute

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee

Bobby Jindal

Governor Bobby Jindal (Louisiana)
Government Site: Office of Governor Bobby Jindal
Campaign Site:
BobbyJindal.com
Twitter Site: Twitter.com/BobbyJindal

Gary Johnson

Former Governor Gary Johnson (New Mexico)
PAC Site: Our America PAC

Sarah Palin

Former Governor Sarah Palin (Alaska)
PAC Site: SarahPAC

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/AKGovSarahPalin

Ron Paul

Congressman Ron Paul (Texas)
Government Site: Office of Congressman Ron Paul
Campaign Site:
Ron Paul for Congress Committee
Political Site: Campaign for Liberty
Grassroots Site: RonPaul.com

Tim Pawlenty

Governor Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota)
Government Site: Office of Governor Tim Pawlenty
Campaign Site: TimPawlenty.com

PAC Site: Freedom First PAC

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/TimPawlenty

Mike Pence

Congressman Mike Pence (Indiana)
Government Site: Office of Congressman Mike Pence
House Leadership Site:
House Republican Conference
Campaign Site: MikePence.com
Official Blog Site: PenceBlog

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/RepMikePence

Mitt Romney

Former Governor Mitt Romney (Massachusetts)
Campaign Site: MittRomney.com
PAC Site: Free & Strong America PAC

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/MittRomney

Rick Santorum

Former US Senator Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania)
Official Site: RickSantorum.com
Policy Site: Program to Protect America's Freedom

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/SenRick58

Joe Scarborough

Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (Florida)
Official Site: JoeScarborough.com
TV Show Site: MSNBC: Morning Joe

Twitter Site: Twitter.com/JoeNBC

John Thune

US Senator John Thune (South Dakota)
Government Site: Office of US Senator John Thune
Campaign Site: JohnThune.com

OTHER REPUBLICANS:
Jon Greenspon (Montana)
Fred Karger (California)
Mosheh Thezion (California)


THIRD PARTY and
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:


BOSTON TEA PARTY:

Tom Knapp (Missouri) - Writer, USMC veteran, libertarian activist, and frequent candidate.


CONSTITUTION PARTY:

Alan Keyes (Maryland) - Former US Ambassador, conservative activist, and frequent candidate.
Diane Beall Templin (California) - Attorney, anti-gay activist and frequent candidate.


GREEN PARTY:

Cynthia McKinney (California) - Ex-Georgia Congresswoman, Ex-State Rep., College Professor & '08 Nominee


LIBERTARIAN PARTY:

Dave Hollist (California) - Bus driver and frequent LP Presidential hopeful.
Mike "Jingo" Jingozian (Oregon) - LP National Vice Chair, software company founder and '08 Presidential candidate.

Tom Knapp (Missouri) - Writer, USMC veteran, libertarian activist, and frequent candidate.
Robert Milnes (New Jersey) - Progressive activist and '08 Presidential candidate.
Wayne Allyn Root (Nevada) - Sports handicapper, author, TV show host, '08 VP nominee and '08 Presidential candidate.


PARTY OF SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION:

Gloria LaRiva (California) - Communist political organizer and frequent candidate.


PROHIBITION PARTY:

James Hedges (Pennsylvania) - Ex-Thompson Township Assessor, Prohibition Party activist & USMC veteran.


SOCIALIST PARTY USA:

No Candidates Identified To Date


SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY:

No Candidates Identified To Date


SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY:

No Candidates Identified To Date


INDEPENDENT & WRITE-IN CANDIDATES:

Richard H. Clark (Independent-Maryland)
Don Cordell (Write In-California)
Christopher Dardzinski (Write In-Michigan)
Michael David Elder (Independent-Texas)
Thaddaus Hill (Madisonian Federalist Party-Texas)
Brian Holland (National Socialist Movement-Virginia)
Brad Lefler (Independent-Ohio)
Ralph Nader (Independent-Connecticut)
Bill Nees (Write In-Georgia)
Billy Roper (Nationalist-Arkansas)
"Average Joe" Schriner (Independent-Ohio)

Former Governor Jesse Ventura (Independent-Minnesota)
Da Vid (Light Party-California)


OTHER P2012 RESOURCES:

New Hampshire Political Library - This site contains just about anything you could ever want to know about the influential New Hampshire Presidential primary -- including a directory of every candidate who ever ran in the NH primary. Maintained by the New Hampshire State Library, Franklin Pierce College, University of New Hampshire, St. Anselm College, the New Hampshire State Archives and the New Hampshire Historical Society.

PollingReport.com - Why bother reinventing the wheel and writing our own poll tracking page when this excellent page already exists. To follow the trends in all of the latest polls in the White House race, simply visit this site.

C-SPAN: Road to the White House - Information, links and some streaming video events from one of the nation's leading sources of raw political television coverage. Covers the various likely Presidential candidates. Constantly updated.

Ballot Access News - This respected publication -- founded in 1985 by Libertarian activist Richard Winger -- tracks the attempts of third party and independent candidates for various offices to secure ballot access in the 50 states. The site also tracks changes in the law, court challenges and other interesting tidbits of third party news you usually won't find elsewhere. Use this page to stay current on which third party and independent candidates will and won't appear on your state's general election ballot in November 2008

Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Dave Leip prepared this very informative site, which provides historic voting results from the Presidential general elections of 1860-2008. Covers the vote totals for the major party nominees and the top 2-3 third party nominees in each race. Colorful maps and graphs, too.

Commission on Presidential Debates - Established by leaders of the two major parties to ensure that debates remain a permanent part of every general election, this nonprofit and bipartisan organization sponsored all the general election Presidential debates since 1988. Their controversial and restrictive participation rules largely exclude third party candidates (even the major ones) from participating in these nationally televised debates.

US Department of State: Foreign Press Center - What is the difference between a caucus and a primary? How do nominating conventions work? What about the popular vote versus the electoral college vote? If you need a better understanding of the American Presidential election process, check out this informative site. The State Department runs this site to help inform foreign journalists about how the US political process works.

VicePresidents.com - No one pays much attention to Vice Presidents -- or, at least, they didn't used to -- except for these guys. History, trivia, quotes, bios, and more.

4President.org - An online museum of Presidential campaign brochures, bumper stickers and key speches from 1960 through the 2008 campaign. A great site for political junkies.

The Living Room Candidate - The American Museum of the Moving Image presents this great online museum of Presidential campaign TV commercials. The ads, which cover every election since 1952 (Ike vs. Stevenson), are an amazing resource.


 

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