Posted on 10/05/2011 6:03:49 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
>> If Sarah endorses Cain, it could get even bigger.
Call your doctor if it lasts more than four hours. :-)
I find your jubilation curious. For 3 years the left has attacked Palin. She’s not running. Guess who they’re going after now? Full throttle. Everything they leveled against her is now picking other targets. You ain’t seen nothun’ yet.
Huckster?
I told my wife a month ago Palin wasn’t going to run.
No news here. Just took a little longer than her supporters would have liked. Now it’s on to supporting Cain.
Oh please Lord, NO!!!
Probably going to be Romney or Perry. Cain is a great guy and I know the base loves him, but at the end of the day electability will end up being the number one concern. I suspect Cain will fade as time goes on, especially if Perry finally turns in a decent debate performance. Primary voters will want the most conservative candidate that CAN actually win. So Perry or Romney. Unfortunately right now I am afraid it might be Romney the flip flopping RINO.
It aint’ jubilation, check my other posts. I am very disappointed.
What I meant is the MSM, and all the attackers have defeated her. She has squandered her political capital, earned from her fight against the left.
Even as I now doubt my understanding of the political animal, I fear Sarah Palin will be about as influential, from here on out, as Geraldine Ferraro.
Romney is the 800lb gorilla in the room.
He has the money. He has the organization. He has the name recognition. He is the one to beat.
Perry has done well financially of late, but his mouth keeps losing him percentage points. He’s got some money so he won’t be dropping out anytime soon.
Cain has the fire but he doesn’t have the recognition, name, or panache to make the long run. He has gaffe problems too.
Money is that Cain sores then flames as mis-statements and lack of fundraising catch up with him. Perry hangs around as the last anti-Romney until the issue is beyond doubt. Romney collects endorsements as the anti-Obama up to the Nomination.
It plays itself out...
You don’t think Paul would be DIFFERENT from Obama?
You might like the wars so much that you might prefer Obama keeping the wars going, but Paul disagrees with Obama on more than any other candidate.
if we end up with romney then it’s 4 more years of obama. the tea party will not show up to vote for that rino.
I basically agree that this is the way things are going. I really like Cain, but I think primary voters will back away from him once they start really thinking about electability. I think Perry is the anti-Romney with actual staying power. Unfortunately, while I prefer Perry he really just is not a good debater and I fear he simply can’t communicate well. If he flubs another debate or more (and sticks his foot in his mouth again), we really are left with Cain - and as I said, I think Cain will flame out. Sad as it is, Romney is in the drivers seat.
So, the “TEA Party” is fine with another 4 years of socialism, out-and-out crony-ism, and unfettered spending if they don’t get their special candidate? Just stay home instead of registering votes against-cener Dems and helping to send them home?
Okay. Just stomp your feet and whine about it.
I am one of those who is about stopping the slide and beginning it in the other direction. I consider myself a right-of-center realist who wants to turn the Titanic. Torpedoing it doesn’t do any good.
Romney or Perry? Okay, fine. A GOP House and Senate hold all the cards. Won’t be just a heck of a lot of of difference POTUS-wise.
Spot on analysis.
Cain will do well in the short to intermediate term, and then sputter out for the reasons you sited. Indeed, with Mrs. Palin not running, it benefits him.
Right now, it’s a three-man race in the GOP. Romney, Perry, and Cain. For the reasons you sited, I agree with you. Cain will be the first one out, and hang in there as a VP nominee; Perry will go next, shortly before the convention, leaving Romney with the choice of either Perry or Cain as his VP pick. Personally, I think he may well go with Cain, as Cain endorsed him back in ‘08.
Of course, politics is a peculiar sort of creature, and no one can forecast with 100% certitude the future. A caveat to my forecasting.
I do think however, that if Romney is the GOP candidate, this may dishearten the GOP base, possibly enough to the point that they may choose to not vote.....in other words, sit this one out. And we know what that means; four more years of bumbling incompetence emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
I see you have no principals. that’s fine you don’t have to have any.
I’ll give you credit for your handle. I love the Ricky Gervais thing too.
My principles (seeing as how “principals” are generally running public schools) are these: Keep moving the needle to the right. Making sausage is not a pretty thing. Sometimes you have to take what’s in front of you and plan for better later. Half a cake is better than no cake at all.
The principles are there. The situation is generally not perfect and you can only work to improve the situation. Fight the small battles in between. I long for a day with a Reagan in office and a Reagan in every Senate and House seat. We’re a long way from there but, remarkably, in this world of PC and the MSM we’re gaining ground. That’s a good.
I’ll vote for Romney easily in 2012 should be the nominee. He’s a Nixon-era GOP’er. I’ll also be voting seriously for a GOP House and Senate.
Earthquakes result from millimeters of movement. Electoral landslides need only slightly more.
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