Posted on 09/15/2011 10:47:04 AM PDT by AAABEST
After Monday’s debate in Florida, most people expected Rick Perry’s rapid rise to the top of the polls for Republican presidential candidates to slow or halt, having taken a beating over the Gardasil mandate and immigration. His attack on Social Security was supposed to scare off seniors. However, as RealClearPolitics reported last night, a new poll by Insider Advantage shows Perry grabbing a nine-point lead in the Sunshine State in a survey taken the next day…
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In the last 40 years, conservative dominance has been the way of the world in Republican presidential politics. The party has nominated some relatively moderate candidates, like Nixon, George Bush, and Bob Dole, but it was only after they had convinced enough Republican voters that they were sufficiently conservative.
In other words, a candidate aligned with the Northeastern, moderate wing of the party has not won a nomination since 1960, and there is no reason to expect that to change, barring some kind of once-in-a-century realignment of the two political parties. Northeastern Republicans are now junior partners in the party coalition. They cannot deliver their own states anymore, as the Democrats dominate them all except New Hampshire and Pennsylvania; meanwhile, conservatives in the Midwest, South, and West can deliver their states, and so they now basically run the show.
Which brings us to Mitt Romney, whose basic political problem is that he comes from the Northeastern wing of the party…
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Real classy. You must be a Perry supporter.
All the people know is that Rick Perry is governor of Texas which has been touted as a job creating machine. Texas is growing by leaps and bounds because of the economy there. That in itself will sell Perry to the American people.
Perry is gong to get the nomination. If I am wrong I will apologize, but for now he has it in the bag.
http://lightbox.time.com/2011/09/15/platon-on-perry-behind-the-scenes-of-the-cover-of-time/#1
I’m waiting for someone to have the gutts to tell Bachman that “retarded” in an offensive word. Having spent many years in the special needs community, I can say without question, that no mother would tell someone that her kid was “mentally retarded.”
Your link doesn’t actually say Perry approved. Nice try.
Sitting down with him is not a gotcha photo session it's considered art....
It would not have went to the cover without Perry's approval.
Doesn't matter which candidate running is the actual topic of a thread, someone always drags Sarah Palin in.
She can't win if she doesn't run. Did she announce today?
This week MSM (in the form of Coulter, Ingraham, Huckabee) all said Romney will be the eventual nominee.
I don't know if Perry will do it but he needs to step up his game in the debates. In the last debate it looked like 3 were trying to assist Romney.
I do know who the photog is. I read the full article at the link.
I was objecting to your specific claim, implied as sourced in the link, that Perry approved the final photo. It assumes facts not in evidence.
I guess Bachmann's bug-eyed Newsweek cover was also candidate approved.
You see what isn’t there - like the media. Your PDS is known.
I don’t disagree, on single issues fine, but on integrity never.
I agree. Mitt looks like a pampered priss. Forget the politics - his look screams of not being real like a cunning snake in the grass backstabber that he is.
Excellent point, I agree. That’s why I support Perry, I disagree with him on 2 issues (so far), but I’ve seen nothing that makes me question his integrity.
Another in the predictable series of horrid cover photos of conservatives. It looks like a mug shot.
In 2000, I assumed GWB was underplaying his debate ablities so he could deliver a knock out to algore in the final debate. That never came to fruition. Any chance Perry, knowing he’s got a good shot, is playing this game?”
Well, I don’t know if it is a game. But I can relay an anecdote, and offer my analysis (with the caveat that it is an anecdote...and my analysis.
But back in 2002, I saw Perry debate Tony Sanchez live in the general election for Governor. Perry was very, very prepared and he beat Sanchez senseless. No lie, I actually felt embarrassed for Sanchez as Perry had it all. Policy wise, wisecrack wise, dirt on Sanchez wise. It was very impressive and (perhaps wrongly) I was VERY surprised as I didn’t think Perry had it in him.
Now: Obama is no smarter than Sanchez. And Perry is not dumber than he was back then. So I think that is what we can expect in the fall, when they go ONE ON ONE, in much more of a real debate format. These joint press conferences, where a bunch of conservatives (relatively) stand on a stage while a bunch of liberal reporters ask them questions are inherently awkward.
What’s to debate among friends? And there are just too many of them. No time to shine, and not so much to clash about (again, speaking relatively, as compared to the Republican nominee and the Dem nominee debate).
I look to Perry to do to obama what Cheney did to Lieberman back in 2000.
Remember that? It was hard not to feel just a little bit sorry for Joe. Cheney truly, truly kicked his ass. Perry did the same thing to Sanchez back in 2002 and I have no reason to believe that he will not do it again.
Hope that is helpful....
Hmm, there are Perrydactals, Romeybots, and Paultards so far...
Now for the rest of the field. I say:
Palinskyites
Bachmannovs
Huntsmen
Cainites
Santormen
Have I missed anyone?
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