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A No Confidence Vote in Orlando [Kristol: Cain Vote Just Means "None of The Above"]
Weekly Standard ^ | September 24, 2011 | WILLIAM KRISTOL

Posted on 09/24/2011 5:33:36 PM PDT by Steelfish

A No Confidence Vote in Orlando SEP 24, 2011 • BY WILLIAM KRISTOL

Having watched the debate Thursday night, and having heard the candidates speak and having mingled with them over the subsequent couple of days, 70 percent of the activists attending the Florida Republican gathering this weekend cast a vote of no confidence in the two GOP frontrunners.

So, with all the usual caveats about not over-interpreting straw polls, I’d suggest:

1. There is resistance to both Rick Perry (15 percent) and Mitt Romney (14 percent). Perry’s poor debate performance hurt him—but it doesn’t seem to have redounded to Mitt Romney’s benefit. Perhaps neither Perry nor Romney will end up as the nominee. After all, the two GOP frontrunners in national polls in late September 2007 were Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson. The Democratic frontrunners in a Gallup poll on September 24, 2003 were Wesley Clark and Howard Dean.

2. Herman Cain (37 percent) will obviously get a new, more serious look. Still, with all due respect to Cain, to some degree voting for him is voting for none of the above.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2012; beltwaydisease; hermancain
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To: txroadkill

“Bill’s an idiot.”

He is that. Also a big government neocon.


21 posted on 09/24/2011 5:45:06 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn
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To: Safrguns

I will.

BK, you are either a racist or a moron. Pick one. Until he shows me otherwise, I say both.


22 posted on 09/24/2011 5:45:10 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: NYCslicker

Pretty soon he’ll be rambling incoherently about strawberries.


23 posted on 09/24/2011 5:45:55 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: Norm Lenhart

LOL Trollhenge!


24 posted on 09/24/2011 5:45:55 PM PDT by NYCslicker
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To: txroadkill
Eh, William F. Buckley once described George Wallace as the ‘up yours’ candidate and Herman is probably in that role. I'll bet Ricky Perry is rethinking his enthusiasm for illegal immigration and the Mittster is regretting his enthusiasm for socialized medicine.
25 posted on 09/24/2011 5:47:01 PM PDT by MSF BU (YR'S Please Support our troops: JOIN THEM!)
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To: txroadkill

BK: “Cain means we need
Christie”


26 posted on 09/24/2011 5:47:11 PM PDT by joelt
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To: NYCslicker

Hopefully, they won’t be much longer and once this dead brush is cleared out, we can get some real candidates in the game.


27 posted on 09/24/2011 5:47:17 PM PDT by FrdmLvr (culture, language, borders)
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To: Steelfish

It shows that Perry has crippled himself and Romney is not the second choice in this primary. Not by a long shot.


28 posted on 09/24/2011 5:47:34 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Steelfish

“Elitist Republicans”, including Bill Kristol, “Establishment Republicans”, and “RINO Republicans”, combined, continue to destroy the entire GOP from within.


29 posted on 09/24/2011 5:47:42 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: Steelfish

William Kristol, noted RINO.


30 posted on 09/24/2011 5:48:09 PM PDT by Grunthor (Rick Perry don't want the vote of this heartless racist.)
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To: Steelfish

Baloney.

It means Cain.

Simple and clear. CAIN!


31 posted on 09/24/2011 5:48:49 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ("Cut the Crap and Balance!" -- Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)
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To: NYCslicker
It's a bust place lately with all the ZOTtings happening lately. Gotta have a place to keep the remnants ;)


32 posted on 09/24/2011 5:50:21 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Steelfish

Chris Christie will be the next Great RINO Hope.

No, that’s not a fat joke.


33 posted on 09/24/2011 5:50:30 PM PDT by Grunthor (Rick Perry don't want the vote of this heartless racist.)
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To: joelt

The RINO’s want to switch horses to Christie now. lol.

I can’t say I didn’t see that as a possibility.


34 posted on 09/24/2011 5:50:30 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

Yeah...i’m patiently waiting to hear from the great conservative Fred Barnes..../s


35 posted on 09/24/2011 5:50:45 PM PDT by chasio649
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To: FrdmLvr

They know their fave Romney is a loser. Sooooo...they think they can sell Christie.

The establishment days are over.


36 posted on 09/24/2011 5:51:22 PM PDT by dforest
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To: FrdmLvr

He’ll further dilute the RINO vote. It’s a good thing.


37 posted on 09/24/2011 5:51:39 PM PDT by Grunthor (Rick Perry don't want the vote of this heartless racist.)
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To: GeronL

As soon as his gun control/Muslim leanings get out, even Romney would fare better...not that I want that.


38 posted on 09/24/2011 5:52:07 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (Chief Druid of Trollhenge: Cult of Palin)
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To: Grunthor

No, that’s not a fat joke.


Christie fat?? He’s just big boned ;)


39 posted on 09/24/2011 5:57:10 PM PDT by chasio649
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To: NYCslicker

Is that a Black Adder quote?


40 posted on 09/24/2011 5:59:40 PM PDT by p. henry
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