Posted on 09/25/2011 12:42:05 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
Oh, absolutely! I posted mid-July that my bets were on Constitution Day.
I liked Bachman also and I liked Perry’s honesty when
he said he made a mistake, but with Perry he does not
handle the boarder issue - a very serious issue.
Cain/Palin would handle the problem (not as a politician
but as a common sense team).
If "settling" for Cain is "plan B", then I'm feeling pretty good about things.
He was born here. That’s all we need. The issue of being a natural-born citizen is a dead one. Like Ann Coulter, I have become highly impatient with a losing issue. It’s like declaring the income tax unconstitutional (it may well be, so what?) or how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. It only serves to entertain distractible obsessives.
Can’t disagree with you on that. We need someone who isn’t an establishment Republican, that’s for sure.
The new boss, same as the old boss, won’t do.
Can’t disagree with you on that. We need someone who isn’t an establishment Republican, that’s for sure.
The new boss, same as the old boss, won’t do.
I disagree. As for dealing with the legislature, Cain appears on all fronts to have a very personable nature. That alone will go a long way in trying to get his policies passed a la Ronald Reagan. Hopefully we will also take the Senate this go round which is key in overturning Obamacare. That will give him some like minded people to work with.
In regard to dealing with foreign leaders, Bush didn't have a whole lot of experience in that. We had great relations with all of our allies under him. Right now we have the Citizen of the World running the country and our relationships with foreign countries is at an all time low. I can't see where Cain is at a deficit to Palin in these matters.
I am just dubious of the concept that the only option we have for a Presidential candidate is someone who has made a career out of politics for continuity sake.
“I would hate to see Herman Cain wasted as a VP. He is much more qualified than to have him cooling his heels in a do-nothing job.”
That would all depend on what role the President carves out for the V.P. There is nothing that prevents a President from having the VP preside over the Senate, break the rare tie vote AND do all sorts of other stuff. Make him lead of the council of economic advisors. Prop him up and use him as a real partner in running things. To do otherwise with Herman Cain would, I agree, be a waste of talent.
The problem is that the conventional wisdom in picking a VP candidate has been for short term political gain. Usually the front runner picking the runner up or picking someone with a different geographic appeal. I think Dick Cheney was the first VP in recent times who was picked contrary to that logic. He was picked to be a partner for Pres. Bush. And to his (very little) credit, that’s what I think motivated barky in picking the gaffe-master as VP.
As usual, I would expect Sarah Palin to flip conventional wisdom on it’s head. Try this one on for fun: when President Palin fires ben bernanke at the end of his term, why not have VP Cain as chairman of the fed as well? I don’t believe there is any legal reason why she couldn’t do that. And he just happens to be incredibly qualified for the job.
My bet it is after the SK speech and maybe after the CNN-sponsored debate on October 18. She does not need focus on the former moved from her message on economics to campaign attention, and she does not need the latter as it will be nothing but a full-fledged attack by the lib CNN mods as well as the other candidates. At this time she needs instead to stick with her message of getting out to individuals and not getting roughed up in a debate. There will be time enough for that later. After all, she is does not have to be "introduced" to the public like the others in that forum do.
I like it, and I agree Sarah can and probably will create a new role for her VP, should she get the chance.
I would rather see Allen West as her VP, but that's just me. That would be a badass ticket!
Please do not bring up Sarah’s education (or lack of the quality of it). It paints you as an elitist!
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