I agree 100%.
I am in Iowa, and the Huckster still has a spell on the evangelicals here. You can't talk to them, they are beyond any reasoning. Dog torture? Mass murder? State paid college for illegals? ... but he says "God Bless!"
I will never understand how such good decent people (some in my own family) can fall for such an obvious charlatan.
So this is my concern. I am behind Sarah all the way but I could see her really struggling in Iowa with all the evangelicals going to the Huckster.
Unless some more of the over 1100 criminals he got released acts up and kills or rapes someone...but as I've stated, that doesn't really phase his supporters.
We all know Sarah starts off in 2nd place in Iowa even before she goes there in earnest as a Presidential candidate.
Agreed 100%. My disaster scenario is Huckster, Palin, and Pence splitting the Socon vote and letting Romney rise to the top. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how someone like Ann Coulter likes Romney.
Doesn't Sarah say, "God Bless!" Is it because he's a minister?
His appeal is the same as Obama's: a calm, reassuring voice. It seems to have a hypnotic effect on a great number of people. They don't hear the words, they hear a soothing sound, which in their minds connotes competence. It's an emotional appeal that skirts the intellect.