Posted on 09/08/2011 6:30:22 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Thursday’s Republican presidential debate showed that the race is now down to a two-candidate contest, John McCain’s campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt said minutes after the candidates’ forum ended.
Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are the only two with a chance, Schmidt said on MSNBC after the debate at the Ronald Reagan library in Simi Valley, Calif.
“As the campaign progresses you will see an increasing focus on the two of them,” said Schmidt, the token Republican on the left-leaning channel’s after-debate show.
Romney, Schmidt said, “did a very good job. He was poised and made no mistakes."
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Well then the RINO King has spoken.....We are told to pick pre-approved canidate A or B
Thanks for the hot tip, Brainiac.
Steve Schmidt? Wasn’t he the one trashing Palin? Screw you, baldy.
I hope that Perry and Romney supporters will wake up and realize that both candidates are not what we need right now. Both are rinos and will continue the establishment ways regardless if they have an (R) after their names or not. We need REAL conservative leadership at this stage in our countries history and neither of these candidates fit the bill.
Never hire Steve Evil as a campaign manager.
Yeah, Perry really seems like he has the establishment’s support. LOL
I’m voting for Perry. You vote for whomever you like.
Oh on topic....I care about as much of a McCain staffer’s opinion as I do Kathleen Parker’s. These people ran the worst campaign I can remember the last couple of decades.
So says the ultimate Establishment RINO, Steve Schmidt.
Both Perry and Romney should be very afraid when losers like this start talking about them.
It’s the mark of political death.
I’m looking at Herman and Newt.
Perry marches to nobodies drum. He stands tall all on his own, has solid courage and IS a man of strong principle.
Not even the Paultards can refute that.
Right. We aren’t interested in what losers have to say.
It is mcCain bush running right now. The same people praising
Perry would rip anyone else with his record. We are being forced
To choose again and some don’t care.
You can look at them from here to eternity, neither has much of a prayer to win the nomination. Both have wonderful qualities, both acquit themselves well in debates, but neither of them is really catching on outside of their immediate die hard supporters. Republicans will continue applauding what they have to say, but looking to Perry, Romney or maybe Bachmann as the actual serious contenders.
I forgot to add I’m also looking at Santorum.
Furthermore,
To effectively “Secure” the border, you have to use ALL of the tools available, not just “Boots-on-the-ground”. That by itself has always failed and never solved the problem and never will by itself.
And that is why I confidently say Rick “Open-Borders” Perry has never wanted to really solve the problem, despite all his talk concerning “Securing the Border”.
” Schmidt said that while Perry played well to his conservative base,
calling President Barack Obama a liar
and saying social security is a Ponzi scheme,
his comments would not help when it comes time to face the president in November next year. “
Would not help Obama he must have meant to say...
Schmidt has a few superfluous consonants in his surname.
I think the odd-numbered ones are adequate.
When asked about him once, Sarah said if she ever had to hire a bald consultant again it would probably be James Carville. She was joking of course.
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