Originally Posted by mynameisjim

This happens in both parties, but the Republicans have turned running for president into nothing more than a money making scheme.

Mike Huckabee had ZERO intention of running, yet he released a book and did the full talk show circuit to sell books based on tricking people that he might run. If he said he wasn't going to run early on, nobody would pay attention to him.

Newt Gingrich is the same way. Same with Sarah Palin. These guys have no intention of either running or winning, but pretending to be candidate helps build their brand, they can say crazy stuff and get free press, and continue running their PACS and selling their books and charging six figure fees to give speeches.