Bill O’Reilly: GOP Race ‘Is Mitt Romney’s To Lose,’ But ‘Nobody’ Is Leading The Party

Mediaite ^ | June 11, 2011 | Frances Martel

[2ndDivisionVet]

This disarray in the Republican Party has reached some dizzying depth, Bill O’Reilly explained last night, as no candidate or public official has taken hold of the party. With several candidates as long shots or complete unknowns, O’Reilly concluded Mitt Romney had the best chance, but no one was going to defeat President Obama without having “a little Trump in them.”

O’Reilly began his program last night with a quick evaluation of each candidate left: “Newt Gingrich is done as a serious candidate,” he explained, why Rep. Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum were “long shots.” Sarah Palin could be a game-changer, he predicted, but “nobody knows what the heck she’s going to do.” This left Romney is the strongest position, but even he was severely vulnerable. O’Reilly also took the chance to argue that it really isn’t early in the race. “Summer’s going to fly by,” he noted, leaving not so much time for fundraising.

O’Reilly then welcomed Chris Wallace, who seemed to find O’Reilly’s scenario prematurely dire. “It’s much more competitive than that,” Wallace warned, “you’re overstating the disarray.” Wallace noted that Texas governor Rick Perry could be the frontrunner if he jumps into the race, though O’Reilly argued that there was a serious deficit of name recognition on his part. “You’ve got fiefdoms all over the place,” O’Reilly explained, such that there was no unified leader. He also finally got to the bigger unknown in the race, Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, who he said he “liked” but needed “a little Trump in him.” “The guy is invisible, you can’t even see him!” O’Reilly joked. Wallace, who is interviewing Pawlenty on Fox News Sunday this week, thanked O’Reilly for the soundbite and once again downplayed his statements, noting Pawlenty has been trying to become more vocal in his attacks on President Obama.

The segment via Fox News below:

(VIDEO AT LINK)

[2ndDivisionVet]

This is actually good news, since Ted Baxter almost always gets it wrong. He's the Dick Morris of blather and blarney.

[Fred]

What is with the fox news obsession on Myth? Has Romney already lined up millions in media buys with fox???

[beaversmom]

I was going to say the same thing—he’s as good of a prognosticator as Dick Morris. Nobody knows anything right now. We don’t even know who’s in.

[sawmill trash]

“nobody knows what the heck she’s going to do.”

No Bill, YOU don’t know (along with the rest of the media) what she is going to do.
I would wager that Sarah knows exactly what she is going to do.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

I just can't take O'Reilly seriously...

[RightWingConspirator]

O’Reilly is a tiresome, pompous, bloviating, Harvard-educated (counts for nothing IMHO) ass. He is extremely irritating with his fawning over Obama, rudely talking down to Laura Ingraham, such as when she told him that “man-made global warming” was a fraud (O’Reilly believes in “man-made global warming”), and other conservative guests.

[heiss]

Pawlenty and Perry have actually pretty good chance of winning the nomination unless something damaging new revelations turn out about them.

Their biggest aspect is actually “not Mitt” and “not Palin” and looks like a lot of GOP voters are looking somebody more credible to oppose ObamaCare (better than Mitt), but somebody more acceptable to so called moderates (better than Palin).

I don’t know much about Perry or Pawlenty, but they looks strong serious candidates.

[FrankR]

[bray]

My wife pointed out he gets pissed at anybody who tells him to quit interrupting like Palin did.

Pray for America

[kjo]

Bill is in on the social security number cover-up. Obama gives him the occasional interview and O’Reilly explains away the Connecticut ss#. Seems Barry was visiting his dad in 1977 while his old man was a student at Havard; but first Barry stopped off in Connecticut and filed for a SS#. Never mind that he already had one while working at Baskin-Robbins in Hawaii two years before.

Yep...don’t worry Billy’s got Barry covered.

[GlockLady]

FOX all in with the establishment - witness Kraut, Rove, Morris, et al.

[citizencon]

You can’t lose something that you don’t own.

[GlockLady]

I notice H Cain wasn’t even mentioned. They try to dismiss him.

[uptoolate]

he explained, why Rep. Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum were “long shots.”

The establishment likers never understand why the need for the anti-establishmenters.

[SERKIT]

BOR suffers from “talkus interruptus” which is like coitis interruptus but far less fun. His guests are not allowed to complete a though much less a sentence, and when the guest gives any push-back to an ill-crafted question based on a poor premise, he gets even more pissy. His treatment of Cain was a disgrace and just plain rude. I can't make it through his whole show without changing the channel. Giving up!

[samantha]

Exactly right. Sarah should agree to do a live O’reilly and wear a big Hat that is designed to look like a loofah. He would foam at the mouth.

[onyx]

BOR said Palin has a fiefdom, can raise money, could be a game-changer, but nobody knows what the heck she’s going to do.



POSITIVELY PALIN'S PING LIST!

[bigbob]

And O’Reilly aspires to hang with the Ruling Class elites - - ever notice how often he manages to slip in that he “went to Harvard”? He’s managed to find a way to live in the Hamptons and run with the big dogs that he could only dream about in Levittown, and he’ll never say anything that would destroy that connection. He is one of THEM.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Imagine that.

I had no idea O’Reilly did drugs.

[penelopesire]

LOL..everytime I see that pic in relation to yet another whiner article it cracks me up..rotflol!!