Has Perry Already Peaked? (announced too soon?)

(vanity)

[Gena Bukin]

He should have waited until after Palin. In about three weeks he will understand why.

Palin will be endorsing him. Just wait.

[Grey Eagle]

Ho Hummm, another liberal trashing Perry as usual. Same old same old talking points. Liberals are terrified of Perry because he can beat no talent no resume Obama.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Doubtful. Last week she make it clear that she would not be endorsing anyone already in the current field.

[Jim Noble]

Has Palin waited too long?

If she doesn't announce by Labor Day, I'll be very concerned.

Labor Day, 2012, that is.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I like Perry. I was just poking fun at the constant Palin derangement trolls. I mean, fair’s fair. :D

Last night I watched a number of episodes of “Rising” - a Discovery Channel series on rebuilding the World Trade Center.

I was surprized how deeply it moved me. IMHO Palin at some time during the last month - came to the (correct) conclusion her initial date 9/3 was going to end up competing with the single most meaningful American weekend in a decade - and has decided to stand down for a couple weeks.

After that: Game On.

[Bigtigermike]

In all seriousness, the answer is “probably” yes and here’s why: Perry comes in with a lot of hype as the “Last Great Hope” for Republicans, someone who’s allegedly is conservative enough than a Mitt Romney but broader enough to be accepted from the Party as a whole. Now mind you this is before he has debated anyone or done a one on one interview with the national press. The polls reflect such an expectation this week with him surging ahead of Mitt and Bachmann, whom the expected Primary voters are not completely sold on this early. In essence, Perry has to maintain and meet his expectations put on him. The race though is a marathon not a sprint and most of those seriously paying attention to the Primaries this early is us political junkies and the media not most primary state voters or the general public. We notice that Bachmann has started to come down to earth from the hype of the Ames straw poll and appears to be struggling for the long haul since she isn’t use to state wide or national campaign outside of her district. Perry may suffer as well just from the expected hype. Sarah Palin on the other hand has enthused core supporter but is dismissed by the media, pundits and some voters as not going very far if she enters the race, thus she has low expectations put on her and is considered an underdog but Palin’s history of success always starts as underestimated and the only one other than Romney (somewhat of Ron Paul) that has been through many months of national campaigning, the primaries or general elections. She can only go up because of her low expectations and can be the wedge to win as it’s expecting for Mitt and Perry to battle it out against each other.

[BobL]

‘Ho Hummm, another liberal trashing Perry as usual. Same old same old talking points. Liberals are terrified of Perry because he can beat no talent no resume Obama.”

Sorry, you must have posted to the wrong person (feel free to go through my 10,000 posts to find your mistake).

Apology accepted in advance.

[BobL]

“Ho Hummm, another liberal trashing Perry as usual.”

Definitions of a liberal, by Perrybots:

“Someone that won’t stand with Perry because he’s too liberal on WAY too many issues”

[bigmak007]

He will outmouth Trump, but not Palin.

[Oceander]

No. There will, of course, be some tempering of the enthusiastic response he's received so far, which will level out the rise in his polling numbers. However, he's campaigned 4 times and won each time - once as Lt. Gov., and the other three as Governor - so he is definitely an experienced campaigner and he's good at it, so I doubt if he's running a sprint rather than a marathon, to use someone else's analogy.

As far as the timing goes, now was probably one of the better times to jump in. First, by not jumping in immediately he didn't come across as, shall we say, "desperate" to get the nomination, and desperation is always a turn-off, be it in dating or in politics. Second, by waiting he allowed the field to narrow itself without him having to participate in the winnowing; he comes in more rested and with fewer minor dings on his political reputation. Third, he hasn't become just another face in the crowd, just one more name to be rattled off and passed over as one lists all of the aspiring nominees; overexposure can make it difficult to get the public to focus on what you're saying. Finally, if he'd waited much longer it would have been too late; Romney was slowly but surely becoming the inevitable nominee solely by default, and if Perry had waited much longer, Romney would have cemented that impression in most peoples' minds and Perry would have a much harder time - and a lot less time available - to overcome that appearance of inevitability. If he had waited until Romney managed to get that appearance of inevitability, the big-money donors would have started to pony up for Romney because it would have looked like he was the only viable game in town; once that happens it would most likely be very difficult to get the big-money donors to drop Romney because that would require them to admit that they had been wrong with their first choice.

No, I think Perry picked a very good time to jump in (maybe not the perfect time, but certainly better than anyone else's timing) and I don't think his ratings will end up tanking. Leveling off a bit, yes, as he gets more and more vetted some of the sparkle and shine will wear off; however, the real substance underneath that sparkle and shine could very well appeal to other voters who were initially turned off by the sparkle and shine, so the net effect on his numbers most likely wouldn't be that negative, and could very well be positive.

[GlockLady]

Due to your post, I have realized that Perry has not done and interview on FOX that I know of. I thought Hannity was going to interview each new candidate ASAP. Maybe Perry has not accepted invitations? I know Bachmann sure did. It seemed she was all we saw on TV there for a couple of weeks or so.

[grey_whiskers]

The center panel of your sticker fell off.

The one that reads: "Is Not"

Cheers!

[bullypulpit]

Thanks for your post. I will be supporting Rick Perry too. I’m all in!

http://peskytruth.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/rick-perrys-negatives/

[Bigtigermike]

Perry has not done an interview at all other than the Laura Ingraham show today (there was a brief interchange earlier when he talked to reporters two days after he announced).....how does Perry fair on the national scene even before a single debate? For the long haul? We don’t yet!

[GlockLady]

Has Romney done any interviews either?
Maybe since he is ‘the frontrunner’ and ‘vetted from the 2008 race’ he doesn’t need to. ?????

[BunnySlippers]

Funny, funny, funny ...

[Bigtigermike]

Romney has been laying low (playing prevent defense = trying not to lose) he did have a couple of small townhalls that got attention because of some hecklers or rough questioners but other than that not much but fundraising. He’s just a soft nominal frontrunner by name recognition only but is no lock of course

[GlockLady]

Can’t wait till Sarah blows ‘em all outta the water! ;)

[FlingWingFlyer]

Good point! He just got here.

I do know one thing for sure though, Obama hasn't bottomed out yet. LOL!

[iowamark]

The cure for premature announcement: