I too remain intrigued by our own side, who were scandalized by anything that had Rick Perry’s name on it, having to do with illegal immigration and policy. Rick Perry simply set the table. He announced the realities of resolving the problem, and the other candidates are now all seen pulling up a chair. Now comes the very same fundamental approach attached to every other candidate attributed to them in their own quotes, on the record, in video, or horse back. This includes besides Perry; Bachman, Romney, Gingrich and Cain.
It is extraordinary to observe the purists now dance on the head of a pin stepping on their tongue to excuse their candidate for the very same pronouncements, but for the parting of their hair.
I believe it is a given that anyone willing to run for president has an inordinate amount of arrogance and clinically proportioned ambition in the first place to do it. Yes, they want to know if they stand a chance first, but to actually run, to me anyway, tells us everything we need to know about them—that they think entirely too much of themselves to be ever and always completely pure, therefore, any one of them can be unfaithful or even corrupted.
These candidates have simply seen a pathway to enhance their resume, make millions off the people, form PACS which gives them power to pad the coffers of other politicians, to gain even more power, to make TV appearances, write books that sell, and result in even more personal cash for homes, investments, lifelong financial security and what have you. Need I say more?
If this is a given, more fools will enter races who feign seriousness, but who know actually nothing more about governance, or history, or international affairs than you and I, and we are not running for President of the United States.
Rick and Newt are not much different in ambition from any other candidate, but they do drag around conservative bono fidis that is far and away above the rest, with accomplishments in long term seats of power and policy commitment that reeks with conservatism and capitalism. They both have fought rather broad battles on the field for a very long time, but Newt has really wrestled the beast.
I believe a long record matters more than celebrity, ghost writers and handlers feeding candidates smart mouth sound bites to rouse the crowds, but with the depth and national experience as thin as a piece of paper.
To add to it, I would say that any Senator that runs for POTUS should immediately be taken to the loony bin. Being a US Senator is the best job in the entire world.