Perry has three critical things necessary for a presidential campaign. The only other candidate that has these three things is Romney. They are money, money, money.
As far as the so-called debates? They are important but not as important as the media leads us to believe. We are not electing the head of our high school debate class.
It is too soon and way too early to say who is going to come out ahead in this contest. It is not too early to say goodbye to Santorum, Bachmann, Paul, Newt and Huntsman if anyone can find him:)
As far as Obama goes he is in such bad shape he pulled the get-out-of-Iraq card. This move is very significant. A move of desperation. I bet Obama is having kittens now that many of the people he greased via the stimulus are not lining his pockets. And now Obama’s latest jobs for unions bill that he has been pushing is toast. It is sweet!
—They are money, money, money.—
Dan Rather would disagree. Money has a harder hurdle to jump in the internet. A message can go viral virtually, if not literally for free. No amount of money can compete sometimes.
We are living in a different world than in any election in history. Money still talks, but just nowhere near as loud as it once did.
Perry is very much alive. He has cash, and he has organization. He could easily win Iowa and South Carolina.
Newt is the one second tier candidate that I think is still viable, but I could see an insurgent candidate stealing Iowa and riding that wave. Santorum or Bachmann, maybe.
Huntsman is putting everything on New Hampshire. Not sure where he goes from there, especially now that he’s boycotted Nevada