Republicans not ready to rout Obama

chicagotribune.com ^ | Sep 23, 2011 | John Kass

[KeyLargo]

Republicans not ready to rout Obama

John Kass

September 25, 2011

America is finally wising up to President Barack Obama, a nice guy who prepared for the presidency by being a follower, by avoiding confrontation while cozying up to City Hall.

So with the economy in such bad shape, shouldn't this rather flawed Obama be easy Republican pickings in the 2012 presidential election?

No.

And from what I've seen of the Republican establishment front-runner candidates, I don't think they can take him. And here's why:

Rick Perry. The governor of Texas is falling in the polls, perhaps because he can't get it through his head that America has already had its fill of a big-government Republican from Texas.

Perry's executive order forcing young girls to be vaccinated against sexually transmitted disease will bury him. Perry now acknowledges he made a mistake, that he should have let parents decide.

But when he had the chance, he used government power to force his will upon people. He's Bush III. Perry makes No Child Left Behind seem like a fairy tale with a happy ending.

[fireman15]

Intelligence is a hard thing for the public to judge especially when the evidence is based on media reports. Judging from my own personal experience, those who I know who chose to study mathematics and computer science tended to be far more intelligent than those who chose the subjects that Obama took. You miss a day in a history or political science class and it is no big deal. You get miss a day in calculus and you might have a very hard time catching up. Mr. Cain basically started his career working as “rocket scientist” for the navy. Newt is a smart guy... but if you gave him and Mr. Cain an IQ test judging from the classes they chose in college I believe that the odds would favor Mr. Cain.

[goseminoles]

I just think we are all wired different. My degrees are in crim and policy sci. Im now working on my mba. There are alot of “rocket scientists” that are morons. Ever call IT for help? But I get your point. Go cain!

[fireman15]

No, I get your point also. One of my subordinates on the Hazmat Team is a chemical engineer. There is no doubt that he is very intelligent, but he is not a team player and is very difficult to work with. When we argue about things such as global warming he can be counted on to use tactics that have nothing to do with anything substantive. The best he can come up with is an appeal to authority, “I am a trained scientist” and “99% of trained scientists” agree with me. I counter that a true scientist would support a skeptical review of the data not blindly follow the consensus. But I would have to say that despite his intelligence he still is a “moron” in so many ways.