Is that our standard now? Really?
My 17 year old son would be better than Obama. Maybe we should have him run.
Or better yet. Let's start cheering for McCain again. He'd be better than Obama. Or Rudy. Will you happily support them?
“Okay, I’m no huge Perry guy, but compare to Obama..............
Is that our standard now? Really?”
Right. we should be comparing to other candidates on the Republican side. After all, this is a nomination first.
And on that scale, compared to the other REPUBLICAN candidates, Perry has a good combination of conservative credentials and electability. He’s won every race he’s been in. Perry can and will beat Obama.
Perry is not the most conservative (eg Bachmann) or the most electable (Romney), but he is the most conservative of the ‘electable’ candidates and most electable of the the conservative candidates. This is a role Pawlenty could have played, but has flopped. Perry would do much better.
IMHO, If Perry gets in, its a Bachmann/Perry/Romney race, and Perry is the right consensus consevative candidate in that race. Perry’s 10 years as Governor is more political executive experience than anyone else in the race.
Perry/Rubio would make a good combo.
Yes, I’d suport your kid and McCain over Obama, but I wasn’t sending a ring endorsment of Perry, now was I?
So if the race was between Clinton and Dole again, who would you endorse?
ABO
Anybody but Obama
Makes sense