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David Axelrod: Herman Cain not a serious contender
Politico ^ | Oct 17, 2011 | Tim Mak

Posted on 10/17/2011 5:38:48 PM PDT by bkopto

David Axlerod took a swing at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain Monday, saying that he thought Cain’s 9-9-9 proposal would hurt the poor and the middle class.

The senior Obama adviser called Cain an “intruiging personality” on “Morning Joe,” but took a shot at the Republican candidate’s tax proposal, saying, “I think his plan deserves scrunity … I don’t think it’s good for most Americans.”

“I think you’ve got to add the 9-9-9 up, get to 27 percent, and that’s probably what poor and middle-class people will end up paying once the thing is implemented,” Axlerod said.

Despite the attention suddenly being heaped on the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, Axelrod said Cain was not going to be a top-tier contender in the 2012 election.

“I think, when you look at the resources and when you look at the standing, that Perry and Romney are likely to be duking it out at some point here,” said Axlerod.

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KEYWORDS: axelrod; byebyeperry; cain; davidaxelrod; hermancain; liberalnonsense; perrystoast; rinorag; texastoast
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To: bkopto

I always thought Axelrod looked like Hitler.


81 posted on 10/17/2011 7:43:28 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: bkopto

When I read that Davie-Axey said “I don’t think it’s good for most Americans,” I figured that “most Americans” meant that over 50 % of Americans do not now pay personal FIT. Yeah, a mere 9 % tax would be a HUGE tax increase to those who now “do not pay their fair share.”

Davie-Axey in NYC for the Morning Joe show. OBAMAVILLE squatters in a NYC Park. Hmmmmmmm - - - - - ? Maybe Davie-Axey is in NYC to organize the OBAMAVILLE squatters?

BTW, maybe all the squatters with cell phones can organize a flash mob, when Davie-Axey is back in the District of Corruption, of course.


82 posted on 10/17/2011 7:49:59 PM PDT by Graewoulf ( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)
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To: Future Useless Eater

Nice. Would be interesting to see when Perry began his nosedive, after his “heartless” debate?


83 posted on 10/17/2011 7:57:58 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Future Useless Eater; Graewoulf; BobL

For Comparison, I added the Zogby result from this weekend (Oct. 11-14) to the bottom of this table...


You COULD say that the four InsiderAdvantage state polls released today represent a reasonably good cross-section of our overall country.

So I gave each poll results equal weighting, and averaged them, as follows:

  Sample  Cain  Romney Gingrich Paul Bachman Perry Huntsman Santorum
U.S. COMPOSITE 1812 RV 28.1 26.4 9.2 7.4 5.9 5.7 2.3 unknown
SC 476 RV 32 16 8 6 6 12 1 NotAsked
FL 505 RV 30.2 32.6 11.7 2.7 1.6 2.9 2 NotAsked
IA 422 RV 26 18 12 10 11 6 1 NotAsked
NH 409 RV 24 39 5 11 5 2 5 NotAsked
 
  Sample  Cain  Romney Gingrich Paul Bachman Perry Huntsman Santorum
U.S. ZOGBY 1214 RV 45 21 6 8 1 7 3 3

BobL: You're right. The COMPOSITE seems even conservative compared to other polls done recently.

84 posted on 10/17/2011 7:58:29 PM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
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To: Future Useless Eater; BenKenobi; justsaynomore; 2ndDivisionVet; onyx; fireman15; ...

JUST IN: David Axlerod: Herman Cain not serious contender

85 posted on 10/17/2011 7:58:29 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: bkopto

The Perrybots must be proud to have someone of Axlerod’s stature agree with them!

After all we all know that Cain is just Mitt’s stalking horse! Cain-Mitt, Mitt-Cain, it doesn’t matter Mitt has merely sent his errand-boy Cain out to fetch him the nomination. Why even with 51% of the delegates Cain will just turn them over to Mitt. Cain is running just to sell books and get a nice cushy job on Fox don’t you know that? Cain is part of the FED! Cain has horns and a tail! Cain wants your first born in taxes! And that’s just the good things the Perry Supporters have to say about Cain.


86 posted on 10/17/2011 8:04:06 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: DTogo

That sounds about right.

His amnesty-friendly stance on illegal aliens is his Achilles heel.


87 posted on 10/17/2011 8:06:12 PM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
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To: PhilDragoo

lol! Great graphic!


88 posted on 10/17/2011 8:06:50 PM PDT by South40 ('Heartless' since 1957)
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To: bkopto
Could Cain Be the 2nd Coming of Reagan? - Bernard Goldberg, FOX News
89 posted on 10/17/2011 8:09:28 PM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
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To: bkopto

Dude, you work for Barack Obama. Shut the hell up.


90 posted on 10/17/2011 8:26:52 PM PDT by RichInOC (Sarah Palin is at war with the left. Most Freepers are just playing the video game.)
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To: edpc
Ax should do a little reading before opening his piehole. One of he 9s is a BUSINESS TAX. It'll be a cold day in hell when poor people are paying that....

Oh, Alexrod knows that is the case. He's just parroting a meme that I heard another leftist use soon after Cain won the Florida straw poll. The guy, who is one of the leftists who sometimes appears on Hannity, and who is certainly smart enough to understand 9-9-9, basically said: I don't know about this 9-9-9 plan... 9+9+9=27. That adds up to a lot of tax.

Alexrod's statement reveals how they will try to present this to the less-educated masses by trying to fool them into thinking that Cain is proposing a new 27% tax on them -- knowing that some of them will believe it.

It's shameless for them to lie like this, but they ARE leftists after all.
91 posted on 10/17/2011 8:32:01 PM PDT by TheCornerOffice
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To: Future Useless Eater

Thanks for the Zogby Poll. I have found him to be one of the most accurate pollsters.

He just seems to phrase the poll questions more realistically.

Thanks again.

What is scary is the % of people that have never heard of Herman Cain. Do you have any numbers on that?


92 posted on 10/17/2011 8:37:58 PM PDT by Graewoulf ( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)
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To: bkopto

Wishful thinking by Axelrod.


93 posted on 10/17/2011 9:07:03 PM PDT by Fred (But we are never going to survive unless we get a little crazy)
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To: bkopto
Politico carrying water for Rinos Myth, will be a mouthpiece for anyone who attacks Cain


94 posted on 10/17/2011 9:11:19 PM PDT by Fred (But we are never going to survive unless we get a little crazy)
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To: bkopto
“I think you’ve got to add the 9-9-9 up, get to 27 percent, and that’s probably what poor and middle-class people will end up paying once the thing is implemented,” Axlerod said.

Is this an admission by Axlerod that consumers pay the corporate taxes?

95 posted on 10/17/2011 9:15:17 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Future Useless Eater
Did you see Bernie on O’Reilly tonight running down Cain's chances? Goldberg is your textbook establishment pundit and is pushing Mitt on us because “conservatives can't win”. We are all purists and our inability to accept Mitt's waffling will hand the election to Obama.

Like Rush says, “Conservatism works every time it is tried.” I say we give it a try and to hell with Romney.

My hope is that Cain can turn these poll numbers into cash to have infrastructure in the battleground states.

96 posted on 10/17/2011 9:18:53 PM PDT by CollegeRepublican
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To: Republican Wildcat
This is an admission by Axelrod that an
Obama-in-the-Bunker youtube is going viral.


97 posted on 10/17/2011 9:35:06 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: All
All you need to know about Axelrod Here.
98 posted on 10/17/2011 9:36:54 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: bkopto

So, why is Cain blowing away the competition if he is not a “serious candidate”? The American people are not in a jovial mood right now. Bob


99 posted on 10/17/2011 9:57:52 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("And your oarsman stands with his knife in hand, and his eyes spell 'Mutiny'" Al Stewart)
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To: PA-RIVER

He certainly has a Hitleresque moustache.


100 posted on 10/17/2011 10:01:45 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("And your oarsman stands with his knife in hand, and his eyes spell 'Mutiny'" Al Stewart)
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