Political and electoral strategies have been implemented facing 2012 presidential elections. Possible candidates are already doing pre-campaign and mobilizing their supporters, resources and strategies and campaigns with aggressive tactics and mud slinging are planned.
Democrats will present Barack Obama for re-election; it’s unlikely that any other party candidate will rock the boat to dispute Obama’s claim to the presidency. Although some efforts are being made to present alternative candidates, I don’t believe these candidacies will amount to anything.
Republicans have numerous candidates battling for the party nomination. Notable candidates include ex-governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney; South Dakota senator, John Thune; Indiana governor, Mitch Daniels; ex-governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty; ex-governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin; and South Carolina senator, Jim DeMint.

But they won’t be the only candidates. There are some black-horse and surprise candidates for the 2012 presidency that will make people talk, like New Jersey governor, Chris Christie, among others.
Without a doubt, of all of the afore mentioned candidates, Mitt Romney has the most structured and well-funded organization and strong support in the GOP. His political positions could reach a large majority of the electorate, making him a winning candidate at a national level. What’s more, his endorsements for the mid-terms in November have been both agile and brave, like his endorsement of Christine O’Donnell, the Delaware candidate for senator; South Carolina’s gubernatorial candidate, Nikki Haley; Nevada’s congressional candidate Sharron Angle; all three candidates receiving the explicit support of the Tea Party, as well as candidates for office in New Hampshire. He’s a tireless worker and a great fund-raiser.
Mitch Daniels is supported by Mississippi Governor, Haley Barbour, the strong man of the Republican Party, currently a powerful political machine and is well-regarded by other republicans. John Thune presents a very attractive candidacy, with a good ability for fund-raising, which is always important in the presidential race, and a winning personality that easily reaches citizens; he’s a good man, and that comes across to everyone who hears him speak.
Jim DeMint has very pure conservative credentials that have gained him a network of support and high-level contacts throughout the country through his Political Action Committee (PAC), the Senate Conservatives, the most influential in 2010.

Tim Pawlenty has gubernatorial experience that combines well with his conciliatory attitude, both of which he will no doubt exploit in the primary elections. Sarah Palin has become a dynamic and mobilizing force for American conservatism, has a wide social base supporting her and good communication skills. She needs more political support, but she’s working hard on it in the most-active pre-campaigns that we have ever seen, with the ability to communicate and capture what the majority of citizens want for this country.
A separate mention is required for Newt Gingrich, who could decide to present himself as a candidate…or not. The ex-speaker of the House of Representatives, one of the most solid intellectuals in the Republican Party, is a great activist for the GOP that could gather a competitive team if he so desired, but there is the possibility that his moment has passed and that he would be better of aspiring to the office of vice-president or supporting the campaign of the winning candidates. Whatever he decides, with his ideology and his position in the party, he will continue to play an important part in U.S. politics.
Whoever the winner may be, he or she will surely beat the democrats to win the next presidential election in 2012 and will have the opportunity to take the reins of this country and drive its politics with more common sense than the Obama Administration.
At the end of the day, this victory won’t be decided by the definitive republican candidate nor press nor analysts, but by voters who make their voices heard.