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Posted on 11/09/2011 3:15:54 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
...With Cain facing a series of harassment allegations, a lack of campaign organization in the early voting states and questions about his readiness for the job, political observers expect another candidate to emerge as Romney’s rival.
Gingrich and Perry are the most obvious applicants for that role. Rep. Ron Paul’s (Texas) unpopularity with mainstream Republicans makes him unlikely to win, and Gingrich and Perry triple or quadruple everyone else in polling.
...So who’s got the upper hand in the race to become Romney’s rival? Let’s break it down:
Money
Perry is the easy winner here........
Debates
Gingrich is the easy winner here.....
Issues....
The take-away is that both candidates fell from their early heights, in part because their supporters felt they weren’t ideologically pure enough, so it’s difficult to know which of the two they’d prefer...in a new Washington Post/ABC poll....Gingrich nearly doubled Perry’s performance on the question “Who best reflects the core values of the Republican Party?” and he edged out Perry on “Who is the closest to you on the issues?”
Advantage: Gingrich.
Intangibles..........
But if Gingrich takes two of the first three categories, he loses rather badly on the fourth. Perry has been married to his childhood sweetheart for almost 30 years. Gingrich is on his third marriage and has admitted to infidelity in his previous two.
And, yes, Perry is known for being fairly brash, but Gingrich has a famously self-destructive streak and a discipline problem that’s imperiled him throughout his career. Gingrich also last held elective office over a decade ago, while Perry has been an executive of one of the most successful states over the past decade.....
Perry trounces Gingrich on whom Republicans think is most electable, doubling the former Speaker’s support.
Overall
Gingrich takes two categories and Perry takes two, which means....
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
I’ve made a number of posts about this. It’s that there are more and more non-conservatives at this site.
Many may scream over this, but it’s been quite noticeable. What there are is plenty of anti-liberals.
What I mean by an anti-liberal is someone that finds the liberal way of doing business, the liberal way of politics, and the liberal way of life perfectly fine...
...they just don’t believe in the liberal ideology.
(Or in militarese, they find the enemy TTPs perfectly fine, using them as their own. TTP = Tactics, Techniqes, and Procedures)
Which is why I call them ‘anti-liberals’.
Do you even know what ‘psychopath’ means?
Heartiest dittos...see my tagline.
How would you define “psychopaths” and what are your qualifications for diagnosing FReepers?
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