Posted on 01/11/2012 7:47:12 PM PST by VinL
I think Perry should get out of the race, throw his support to Newt, and then campaign alongside him. He’s gotten pretty good at debates and would be a big help to Newt, (especially with Palin). I do like Santorum too, I just don’t think he’s nasty enough to take on Obama. That’s why I like the Nasty Newt better than the Newtered Newt!
Bash? No.
Vultures, ants and flies perform a valuable service by removing carrion. The difference is, the taxpayer isn’t left to pick up the tab for what can’t be sold for profit.
But remember, Perry can be much more influential out of the race than in the race. If he drops out he will be able to speak his mind without any regard to how the opposition paints him .... ungagged! Same is true for Palin. She is a kingmaker now. She is much more of a threat now than she was when she held public office.
She did no such thing. Palin said that Romney, along with the other candidates, should be held accountable for what they claim on the campaign trail and, specifically, that Romney should provide evidence to back up his claim that Bain created 100,000 jobs. That's far different from “criticizing Romney's tenure at Bain” as Perry and Newt did.
More on the black support for Gingrich: overheard on Mike Gallagher today an interview with one J.C. Watts. He has endorsed Newt and is in fact in SC right now campaigning for him. There you go.
This is a push poll. No way does Romney(care) flies in SC. These are self-determination and state’s rights folks here. It is, afterall, part of the Bible Belt.
Ditto for Gingrich. He cannot outrun his sitting on a sofa, knee to knee, with Pelosi in a pro global warming ad. Nor can he out run Pelosi’s very public claim that she has Newty by the short hairs. What else would explain his appearance in the ad. His “inexlicable” explanation does not cut it.
This is a push poll. No way does Romney(care) flies in SC. These are self-determination and state’s rights folks here. It is, afterall, part of the Bible Belt.
Ditto for Gingrich. He cannot outrun his sitting on a sofa, knee to knee, with Pelosi in a pro global warming ad. Nor can he out run Pelosi’s very public claim that she has Newty by the short hairs. What else would explain his appearance in the ad. His “inexlicable” explanation does not cut it.
This is a push poll. No way does Romney(care) flies in SC. These are self-determination and state’s rights folks here. It is, afterall, part of the Bible Belt.
Ditto for Gingrich. He cannot outrun his sitting on a sofa, knee to knee, with Pelosi in a pro global warming ad. Nor can he out run Pelosi’s very public claim that she has Newty by the short hairs. What else would explain his appearance in the ad. His “inexlicable” explanation does not cut it.
I have NOTHING against Rick Perry. I’ll even accept that he might be the most conservative guy left. And I believe he’s a good man.
Unfortunately in the world of presidential politics, the ability to express yourself is crucial. And, to put it bluntly, he just comes across as a dope far too often. I’m not saying he IS a dope....but boy oh boy....
At any rate, he is NOT going to be the nominee. He can only help Mitt by staying in, whether he intends to or not.
Hank
I also like Rand.
Yes, I worried about RP being a spoiler in the general from day one, just never dreamed he’d be one this early, providing cover for Romney
I’ve got it - promise him a cabinet spot!
Evidently your not a conservative or you wouldn’t be bashing Bain Capital! There is no guaranteed outcome to any business venture. What Bain did was do a service for some companies and saved them. Some companies couldn’t be saved. You go in put up Capital take some risk downsize the company and hopefully they survive. Sometimes they don’t. Sometimes people get hurt. Kinda like Solyndra except they didn’t use taxpayer money. They used theirs or other Capitalist money.
By the way I’m a Newt guy I am backing Newt but he is making me uneasy with this!
Well, County Agent Kimball, I appreciate your response although I disagree about Rick Perry’s ability to express himself. After the first, and maybe second (I don’t remember) he’s expressed himself fine.
I’ve also seen him interviewed numerous times and viewed speeches he has made.
His speech cadence may be a little foreign to some people and he certainly is not as glib as Newt or as smooth as Romney, but I don’t think it’s a problem. I’d like to know exactly when you felt he came across as a dope.
I’ve been on all the debate threads and the general consensus from people who watched them was that Rick Perry was first or second.
That being said, I don’t know what the problem is but he’s not staying in to help Romney. He’s staying in because so far we’ve had one caucus and one primary in a liberal state and he thinks he has a chance.
It may be slim at this point, but only a very small number of delegates have been chosen even by Mitt.
Well, Cain certainly doesn’t favor Perry.
He’s tried to trash him from the start and is still trashing him.
Fortunately, I don’t think Cain’s support means that much anymore.
Oh, so you’ve been appointed by the “Home Office” to be “Acting Arbiter of All Things Conservative” have you? I won’t lose any sleep over it! I think it’s more corporatist than conservative but to each his own.
I would have
As far as actively supporting a candidate from the current crop, it would have to be Newt.
As a post-script, there seems to be a bit of concern among the pseudo-Conservatives on the Fox Panel because of the Bain thing having legs among the S.C. electorate.
All I can say is if your bashing Capitalism, Free Market Idea’s that is not Conservative thought! That is Obama’s ideas of his government. You have to limit how much companies can make!
And another Limpbough drone speaks out, cluelessly.
Unless you are working with a Laissez Faire form of capitalism, which we in America do not, there are restrictions placed upon business. Some are fair, some are not.
I’m sure we both agree it isn’t proper to use illegal immigrant workers to keep costs down and profits up or do you support porous borders?
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