Posted on 01/04/2012 8:41:14 AM PST by Pan_Yan
Rick Perry 2012!
Slick Rick is gonna stay in it long enough to split the conservative vote and get Romney elected! Then he can join Romney as the VP candidate.
Why not hang out on the “White Rice” Santorum threads? Better yet, go watch some paint dry...it’s far more exciting than Santorum.
The primary good purpose of Iowa and New Hampshire are to winnow the field. If we keep every bit of chaff, then South Carolina and Florida become just as “useless” as Iowa and New Hampshire.
Long time ago I predicted the ticket could well be Perry/Gingerich. Now it looks even more possible.
“The message is NOBODY WANTS HIM!!!!!”
You know, I’m having a hard time figuring out if you’re a real Navy person, now retired, or if you’re one of your kids. I don’t know an adult who spews silliness like you do. Shouting and ROTFLYAO. Telling people what do. You sound childish. Always with the exclaimation points. Always putting people dow who have a different opinion than you. Don’t you have any dignity at all? What’s it to you if Governor Perry stays in? This is America. What’s it to you if he spends campaign funds? If Santorum is seen as having no management experience, Governor Perry will be the last Conservative standing. You need to grow up. Obama is the enemy...not Governor Perry.
“HALLELUJAH!!! Santorum won’t go anywhere from Iowa, but Perry may well be able to win in SC and go on from there.”
Bachmann has dropped out. I think you will find that 90% of those that support her will switch to Santorum not Perry.
Next, there are several debates between now and S.C. Everytime there is a debate, Newt looks good and improves his numbers. While debates ALWAYS hurt Perry. The man just isn’t articulate. I suspect that Newt will win in S.C. Perry, God Bless him, is just delaying the innetible. The ONLY thing going for Perry in S.C. is that he is a Southerner (of sorts) where Santorum is not.
I’m now actually starting to expect a Gingrich/Santorum ticket. Especially if they continue to not go negative on each other. Romney is the enemy. Paul is a distraction and a side show freak. Perry would do the best for the party, IMO, to drop out now.
Oh shut up. You have no idea how bad America is and you are worried about me. Now that is really ridiculous. Either talk about the subject or don’t talk to me. Your opinion means nothing to me on a personal level. You can bash me all day. It does not change the fact that Perry should drop out.
Not a Perry fan by any means, but pleased he is staying in, as he should. He only finished 4% behind Newt, and has every right to fight on to win the crown of “anti-Mitt”. I do believe Santorum has more potential than most are expecting, both in N.H. and beyond.
I live in Texas. I’m not a huge Rick Perry fan, but. . .
Cain changed the discourse of this election by his 9-9-9 plan (which was horrible). Now every candidate is talking about a radical re-write of the tax code. Before Cain, it just wasn’t an issue.
Perry is adding a new level to the discourse even more radical than 9-9-9: part-time congress. But . . . but . . . but . . . they just have too much work to be part time and it would take a Constitutional change. The *point* is that Congress is too dang busy minding our business.
I may vote for Perry. I want him to stay in, however, because I think we need to fundamentally rethink how Congress is going about our business. Rick Perry is the only candidate talking about it.
He’s counting on Santorum and Gingrich to brutalize Romney in NH, and then Santorum not have the operation and cultural appeal to make it in the south.
Perry has a good strategy. Haley has lots of GOP enemies in SC and she has backed Mitt. There will be plenty who would like to see Haley fall on her face and a Perry victory would be the equivalent. Perry could use the south to come alive.
Ditto, well said Santorum may be vetted and found to be a DC insider more so than Perry? We need back-up.If Perry got all his mo jo he had early on back; he would beat RomneyCare by a higher percentage than Santorum last night and he would beat Obama.I hope this is accurate and Perry stays.
All the prime TV ad time is already bought up for both NH and SC. Newspapers? Pop-up ads on websites?
The Romney Pac’s will gut him like a fish and he has no way to respond.
You’re accepting a twitter post as news??! c’mon, I want a real source....like DRUDGE lol :)
(And he doesn’t have it)
What is a “White Rice” Santorum thread?
The CNN source probably got it off twitter!
>>Ditto, well said. Santorum may be vetted and found to be a DC insider more so than Perry? We need back-up.<<
That’s the big problem with Perry getting out too early. Santorum hasn’t been subjected to the withering attacks that Bachmann, Perry, and Gingrich have. What if he can’t stand up to them any better than Gingrich? Then we’re left with Romney and Gingrich, a sorry choice, in my opinion, since neither is likely to rein in the federal government to the extent it needs reining in today.
Maybe Santorum will bear up fine, in which case he’s got my vote amongst the three, but if he doesn’t, I’d sure like to know that Perry is still available as an alternative. And if he can present strong debate performances going forward, it will go a long ways toward erasing the initial impression people got of him.
At the time it looked like Mitt or Newt, a poor choice between two big government moderates who have agreed on most issues (favoring socialized health care, global warming, etc) at one time or another -- and I would say Mitt is the better bet in a general election, from outside of Washington (though still an insider), less erratic, and with business experience.
Then Newt crashed and Santorum surged.
It's a weak field and I find it difficult to criticize anyone's choice of endorsement. I prefer Santorum but he is of course not perfect either.
Ditto,you took the words right out of my mouth; well said!
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