Posted on 02/03/2015 11:52:20 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavor in America, not because it is the best (that would be coffee) but because it is the least objectionable. Put another way, vanilla is the most acceptable to the most people; it's not many people's favorite, but nobody hates it..
And that's why Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is the vanilla candidate.
A new Des Moines Register poll has Walker in first place — narrowly — among likely Republican caucus-goers. With Mitt Romney included in the poll, he was the respondents' first choice with 15 percentage points. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was second with 14 percentage points and Romney with 13. With Romney out, Walker's lead rose to 16 percentage points and Paul's to 15. First place in a tightly packed field is better than any of the alternatives, but it's not that big a deal this far out.
The big deal is the vanilla factor. According to Jennifer Jacobs of the Des Moines Register, 51% of caucus-goers want an “anti-establishment candidate without a lot of ties to Washington or Wall Street who would change the way things are done and challenge conventional thinking.” Meanwhile, 43% prefer a more establishment figure “with executive experience who understands business and how to execute ideas.”
Walker is in the golden spot. He can, like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Day” listening to Andie MacDowell explain the perfect man, reply “that's me” to almost everything Republicans want....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
He’s alright.
“Boston Legal” pissed me off though.
Yeah, “BL”. OTOH, he makes a good creepy guy.
In other news, the Red Sox & Wade Miley Cyrus agree to three-year, $19.25 million contract extension.
” If Adolf Hitler ran here with a “D” next to his name, he’d win.”
In Maryland, they would give him a “Misunderstood” dinner : )
” OOOPS, not CA. I forgot its AZ McCain country.
CA is someone else.”
I lived in SoCal for 30 years. They forced me to move, because I refused to learn sponish!
......you spee sponish ?
“In other news, the Red Sox & Wade Miley Cyrus agree to three-year, $19.25 million contract extension.”
Well, lets not get BOGGed down here......
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