Newt’s speaking ability, whether in prepared remarks or answering questions, showed and was appreciated by the crowd. He is an exceptional talker and riveting speaker. I read a column once by Peggy Noonan who was saying, in effect, when he speaks, people listen. You tend to hang on his every word.
I don’t take that away from him.
I expect people to respond favorably to that, unless he says something completely boneheaded, out of left field, off the wall etc.
Perry is very different but then, who isn’t?
Perry is Perry. What you see is what you get. And that is a good thing.
The thing about Newtie is there are so many lies in what he says. I’ve been tracking that and it is astounding how many statements in speeches and debates are full of lies.
Nanny-State Newt’s main weakness is his unshakable belief in the goodness of BIG Government.
Newt is a Hamiltonian. Hamilton believed in a large, powerful, and financially controlling, Federal Government.
Kitchen-table Americans are Jeffersonians. Jefferson believed in a SMALL, FRUGAL Federal Government.
In my humble, but ALWAYS correct opinion, the US Federal Government has gone beyond the limit of a Hamiltonian style of Federal Government, and must be reversed towards a more Jeffersonian concept of Federal Government.
If Perry wants to beat Newt, he must have a solid plan to reduce the financial expenditures so that expenditures are reduced below that of our declining National Income.
Normal attrition of large employers is 5 % a year, according to statistians. Thus, if Perry would propose a freeze on employment the Feds would lose 5 % of their employees each year, which would be a reduction of 18.55 % labor expenses after 4 years.
Since Federal Politicians have caused our huge National Debt, Perry should require that for the next 4 years, that ALL (including Perry) Federally elected officials will have, each year, their baseline salaries and benefits cut by the % of the previous year’s deficit to the total actual Federal spending for that year. For example, for the last fiscal year that would be a baseline reduction of 56 % per elected official to be applied in fiscal year 2012.
BTW, isn’t this election about firing the CEO, and cutting the salaries of the Board of Directors?
Deny it if you choose to, but the US Federal Government is the largest Company that the World has ever seen. So let us, the stockholders, hold all of them accountable for their actions, just like any other responsible shareholders do.