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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: Steelfish

Kristol is an embarrassing moron and just part of that GOP elite that is trying to shove a lackey like Romney down our throats.

Ain’t ... gonna ... happen, Bill. Did you miss our power in 2010, Bill?


61 posted on 09/24/2011 6:23:19 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: sushiman

Palin won’t and should not stay out. However a Palin/Cain ticket looks good.


62 posted on 09/24/2011 6:26:24 PM PDT by carjic (I've always been taught to respect my elders.... but it's getting harder to find any!)
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To: McGavin999

“LOL, this is it folks, the establishment has just thrown Romney under the bus!”

Methinks you’re right. bk is one of the leading shills for the establishment gop. Wonder if karl rove has weighed in yet (pardon the pun)?


63 posted on 09/24/2011 6:27:26 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: TsonicTsunami08

It’s time Sarah. Lets roll!


64 posted on 09/24/2011 6:27:37 PM PDT by carjic (I've always been taught to respect my elders.... but it's getting harder to find any!)
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To: RIghtwardHo

Okay my fellow conservative patriots..looks like we are gonna have to fight OUR side first. Bring it on! !!!


65 posted on 09/24/2011 6:27:46 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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To: Norman Arbuthnot

Christie has to lose about 100 pounds before he thinks about running for POTUS.

Christie has to run 10 miles a day for months before he thinks of running for POTUS.


66 posted on 09/24/2011 6:27:59 PM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: Fantasywriter
That's the way it is when your only qualification is you have a daddy who buys you a magazine to play journalist with.
67 posted on 09/24/2011 6:29:22 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Steelfish

This just slapped those beltways boys in the face...mittens can win all the debates and NO ONE LIKES OR TRUST HIM...Get it you GOP elitist...


68 posted on 09/24/2011 6:30:03 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: Donnafrflorida

Cain/Palin or Palin/Cain......the left and the RINO establishment are going to have soiled underwear, but we must have real America-Loving Conservatives this time or else we will answer negatively Abe’s question as to whether “any nation so concieved can long endure”.....


69 posted on 09/24/2011 6:35:47 PM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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To: Steelfish

Guess I need to change my tagline to add Kristol. I must admit it’s long overdue.


70 posted on 09/24/2011 6:39:23 PM PDT by chickenlips (Will, Krauthammer and Rove-the GPS "avoid freeway" route on the road to serfdom)
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To: paddles

I just emailed the SOB. wkristol@weeklystandard.com


71 posted on 09/24/2011 6:43:04 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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To: Donnafrflorida

Okay my email failed. Anyone know his email address?


72 posted on 09/24/2011 6:47:12 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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To: Steelfish

Surprise, surprise. Kristol has Beltway Disease. *yawn*


73 posted on 09/24/2011 6:52:36 PM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: 23 Everest
"Has Bill Kristol been right about anything in the last 10 years?"

If he has been, dammed if I can think of it.....

74 posted on 09/24/2011 6:54:26 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: txroadkill
Actually, Kristol got it exactly right. Unlike many in the MSM, he correctly pointed out that Perry AND Romney are the big losers--not just Perry.

Clearly, Cain is now on top due to the process of elimination. Bachmann flamed out fast, and now Perry has too. Romney plods along, looming in the background as the guy no one wants but who could win by default.

And Kristol rightly points out that this win is an opportunity for Cain, who will now get a serious look.

75 posted on 09/24/2011 6:59:44 PM PDT by Huck (But the glass IS half-empty!)
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To: MNJohnnie

Cain is an honest, no-nonsense man. He’s our Black Ronald Reagan.


76 posted on 09/24/2011 7:00:42 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish

Bill is correct.


77 posted on 09/24/2011 7:05:06 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)
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To: Steelfish

Its called “projection” Bill...and usually its a liberal defense mechanism against a reality that conflicts with the utopian idealism paid for at an Ivy League school.

In this case the remote prospect of a black conservative on the GOP ticket is making the RinoCracy vomit on their shoes.


78 posted on 09/24/2011 7:06:55 PM PDT by mo
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To: Steelfish
He’s our Black Ronald Reagan.

Minus the proven ability to win elections and govern effectively.

79 posted on 09/24/2011 7:06:55 PM PDT by Huck (But the glass IS half-empty!)
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To: SharpRightTurn
“Bill’s an idiot.”
He is that. Also a big government neocon.

BILLY "NONE OF THE ABOVE" KRISTOL

80 posted on 09/24/2011 7:10:48 PM PDT by henbane
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