In The Normal Course Of Things Rick Perry Will Be The Nominee

ElectZu ^ | September 4, 2011 | Josh Feldman

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Now that the GOP race is being framed as Mitt Romney vs. Rick Perry, the media has been comparing both candidates’ records, past accomplishments, and current popularity within the Republican party. To that extent, Bill Kristol predicted today that if the Republican race is a relatively “normal” one, Perry will be the GOP nominee.

Chris Wallace highlighted Romney’s upcoming jobs speech, and asked Kristol what the former Massachusetts governor needs to do to reclaim his frontrunner status from Perry. Kristol offered some advice to the candidate, but then explained why Perry has a better chance of winning the race than he does.

“I think he has to lay out his vision for the country, which he hasn’t done yet. I don’t criticize him for that, it’s been early, but now is the moment.

“I think, in the normal course of things, Rick Perry will be the Republican nominee. He is the three-term governor of Texas, a conservative state. He’s been a successful governor. Texas has job growth, the rest of the country’s lost jobs. He’s a populist, which is very much in the spirit of the Republican party today. Mitt Romney is the one-term governor of Massachusetts, whose health care plan isn’t popular with Republicans. So if you just have a normal race, so to speak, if neither candidate does badly in the debates, if voters just get to know them, and it looks the way I just described, Perry is the more normal victor.”

Kristol compared this race to Ronald Reagan’s successful 1980 campaign, where he went on the offensive not just against the Carter administration, but the Republican establishment. Wallace pointed out that in 2008, conventional wisdom dictated that Hillary Clinton would have won a normal race against Barack Obama, but the latter candidate painted his opponent as part of the establishment, which Kristol thinks Romney may do to Perry this time around.

However, Mara Liasson pointed out that Romney seems too much like a career politician to successfully convince people that he isn’t one. And as Wallace pointed out, Romney ran for Senate in 1994 in an unsuccessful run, so he may not exactly be a career politician, but a “failed career politician.”

Watch the video.... courtesy of Fox News:

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Wallace: So Romney may not exactly be a career politician, but a "failed career politician."

ouch

[org.whodat]

Josh got his magic eight ball delivered this morning and look what the moron has come up with.

[AHerald]

Ask nominees Rudy and Hillary about the “normal course of things.”

[MestaMachine]

Has it not yet occurred to anyone that this is NOT a “normal” election coming up? Every single one of these candidates is going to be scrutinized under a 100x microscope. Perry can’t undergo and withstand that kind of scrutiny. He just can’t. The man has baggage in his baggage.

[RichInOC]

That’d be great for Big Rick, except things haven’t been normal for a long, long time.

[Diogenesis]

. Guard the Borders!! .... "Gard a sil?" ‘

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The "normal course of things" gives us elected officials who become millionaires while in office.

Perry became a millionaire while serving in office

We don't need no steenking "normal course of things."

[EternalVigilance]

the GOP race is being framed

Framed by the money, the media and the elites.

So much for government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

[Bigtigermike]

I’m not sure we are In the normal course of things

[Diogenesis]

This would be Rove’s wet dream;
having his two trained, pet RINOs out in front.

But, there is a wave coming.

NO RINOs. NO PerryCARE.

NO RomneyCARE. No OPENBORDERS.

[famousdayandyear]

Who let the dogs out?

[Citizen Tom Paine]

It by long walk thru life, I have rarely met millionaires. In fact, I can count them on one hand. But, it appears that politicians become one with no trouble at all. Hmmmmm. I wonder where the money comes from, and who ultimately paid the tab. I don’t know, but I will give you odds.

[YankeeReb]

Wallace pointed out that in 2008, conventional wisdom dictated that Hillary Clinton would have won a normal race against Barack Obama, but the latter candidate painted his opponent as part of the establishment, had funding from George Soros and the MSM in his back pocket, which Kristol thinks Romney may do to Perry this time around.

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There fixed it.

[lahargis]

I second that ouch.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

You gotta hand it to Palin, she quit first and then became a multimillionaire.

[KittenClaws]

The man has baggage in his baggage

So if Perry becomes the nominee for President, we should not vote for him!.

Because, by golly, another 4 years of hussein, is just what the electorate needs to "show them" how voting for a RINO is so bad.

Yeah, we'll show 'em, we sure will...

[Drew68]

Perry can’t undergo and withstand that kind of scrutiny. He just can’t. The man has baggage in his baggage.

Really?

In the past decade, Rick Perry has won three back-to-back gubernatorial elections including one election where his primary challenger had the endorsement of a former U.S. President and his well-oiled campaign machine at her disposal. His opponents have spent $100 million in a futile effort to defeat him.

Pray tell, what kind of baggage do think they're going to dig up on him?

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Hey, EV, why don’t you give it up. You don’t like anyone and unfortunately, you’re never going to get one of your “third party” people elected president. It ain’t gonna happen no matter how long you pimp your party.

[ngat]

So what’s yer point?

[MestaMachine]

Ahhhhh, but t/rick had the endorsement of Sarah Palin. She knows better now. Stuff it.