Posted on 08/31/2011 1:59:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Republican Party has apparently found itself a new messiah in Rick Perry.
The conservative Christian governor of Texas has come out of nowhere and has already lapped the Republican field for President.
In the two short weeks since he's entered the race, Perry has shot to the top of the polls and leads his nearest competitor by double digits.
The latest CNN/ORC International Poll shows 27% of Republicans supporting him, followed by Mitt Romney at 14%, Sarah Palin who's not a candidate at 10%, and Michele Bachmann and Rudy Giuliani also not a candidate at 9%. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul come in at 6%.
Perry's supporters tend to be older, white and rich, and his strongest backing comes from tea party supporters. He holds a whopping 23-point lead over Michele Bachmann among tea party members in one CNN poll.
It's an astonishing impact in so short a time, especially when Perry has managed to jump to the top of the pack without laying out a single plan or idea for solving America's problems.....
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I would vote for Paul over Obama myself. But I hate the fact that his policy toward Islamo Fascism is worse than Obama’s.
Ditto.
The REST of the country will just LOVE some party hack from one of our "safe" states that keeps WINNING against token opponents!!! And he's got nice hair!!! And this man SERVED our nation in the military. Can't beat that WINNING combo!!!
Really? Hmmm, I think you made that quote up. Let's google the quote and find out!
Awww...BillyBoy has to make up quotations to support his beliefs. Search engines are just amazing aren't they!
I guess that leaves you only the "nice hair" jibe. Ronald Reagan had great hair too. By golly so does Sarah Palin, I guess in your book that makes them both like Rick Perry! Cool.
For some strange reason, the RATs seem to think that middle America just LOVES wealthy liberal elitists from Massachuttes, and the GOP seems to to think that middle America just LOVES open-border compassionate conservatives from Texas.
Neither assumption is correct, those kinds of candidates actually fare poorly in swing states. Bush was far more popular that Perry and he only won nationally by 1 electoral vote. Perry barely wins Texas, Kerry and Dukasis got killed outside of Mass, and Kennedy had to steal the election to win in 1960. Obviously the election results don't match the "most electable" hype.
If you think I'm lying, I would be able to provide quotes from numerous Dems in 2004 claiming Kerry was the "most electable" choice.
Ronald Reagan was NOT seen as the "most electable" in 1980. He was portrayed as too old, goofy, and right-wing. The wisdom was that Howard Baker and George H.W. Bush would be more appealing to voters. In fact, the Dems begged the GOP to nominate Reagan because they tought he would be a weak candidate.
You've already been caught in a lie. One strike and you're out.
No thanks, I've had enough games, if you want to see liars check out your fellow Rick Perry fans who keep claiming Al Gore was a "conservative pro-life Democrat" when Rick Perry supported him, no matter how many times the facts prove otherwise.
LOL
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