Texas Gov. Rick Perry is staying in the presidential race despite a fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.


Won't someone put him out of his embarrassing misery.

What is your opinion of the other Rick...Santorum?

Remember, it's all about the money. Perry still has a boatload and feels sure he can buy lots of new friends soon!

With Bachmann out and Newt in free fall, perhaps Perry believes the only conservative alternative to Romney is him and Santorum now.

That would give him an incentive to keep going.

i met rick santorum in sept and i think he is a fine, sincere, humble man...i am very happy that he did so well in iowa, as he worked very hard, and as everyone says he could never win the nomination. i think he could win if enough conservatives rally around him, but with all the other possibilities it just keeps us divided...eventually the right person will float to the top of the barrel. remember, romney got 25% of the iowa vote, but that means that 75% of republicans would prefer a conservative...ARE YOU LISTENING, REPUBLICAN LEADERS????

Originally Posted by chachacha

i met rick santorum in sept and i think he is a fine, sincere, humble man...i am very happy that he did so well in iowa, as he worked very hard, and as everyone says he could never win the nomination. i think he could win if enough conservatives rally around him, but with all the other possibilities it just keeps us divided...eventually the right person will float to the top of the barrel. remember, romney got 25% of the iowa vote, but that means that 75% of republicans would prefer a conservative...ARE YOU LISTENING, REPUBLICAN LEADERS????

What do you mean by "as everyone says he could never win the nomination"?
I think he did rather well in Iowa.
"Chairman of the Iowa Republican Party, Matt Strawn, announced Romney got 30,015 votes and Santorum received 30,007 votes out of a record turnout of 122,255." He lost to Romney by only 8 votes?!?!?

What do you mean "with all the other possibilities" it just keeps us divided?

Perry is going to wait for the South Carolina primary and that's all there is to it. If he can catch fire there it changes everything. That's his plan and I wouldn't count him out of it yet.

Originally Posted by KatzPajamas

What is your opinion of the other Rick...Santorum?

Still researching. Iowa returns took me by surprise with him. I can say, I don't know any reason why I would not vote for him. I just have not done a good looky seey on him. I bet we know a lot more about him in the next few days. He looks presidential. I am now waiting for one of the bottom feeders to take the high road by dropping out AND endorsing a possible winner.

Originally Posted by KatzPajamas

What is your opinion of the other Rick...Santorum?

His facial expression always makes me think he has gas or something.

Originally Posted by The Villager II

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is staying in the presidential race despite a fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.


Won't someone put him out of his embarrassing misery.

Oops!!!

Originally Posted by The Villager II

Still researching. Iowa returns took me by surprise with him. I can say, I don't know any reason why I would not vote for him. I just have not done a good looky seey on him. I bet we know a lot more about him in the next few days. He looks presidential. I am now waiting for one of the bottom feeders to take the high road by dropping out AND endorsing a possible winner.

I must admit, this is something which drives me crazy! What does it mean to "look presidential"?

I'm not criticizing any one person, just those who use appearance as their main, or only criterion for choosing a candidate. Unfortunately, there are millions of these folks.

Thank goodness this doesn't apply to any of the looky seey posters here.

Originally Posted by ijusluvit

I must admit, this is something which drives me crazy! What does it mean to "look presidential"?

I'm not criticizing any one person, just those who use appearance as their main, or only criterion for choosing a candidate. Unfortunately, there are millions of these folks.

Thank goodness this doesn't apply to any of the looky seey posters here.

"looks presidential"?; I guess you can go back to the J.F.K./Nixon era and their debate to have your answer on that. Don't underestimate the power of appearance. Obama had it; the appearance. In practice it bit the country on the butt.

Originally Posted by ijusluvit

I must admit, this is something which drives me crazy! What does it mean to "look presidential"?

I'm not criticizing any one person, just those who use appearance as their main, or only criterion for choosing a candidate. Unfortunately, there are millions of these folks.

Thank goodness this doesn't apply to any of the looky seey posters here.

That is one criteria out of many that I use. Abe even looked presidential, so you see it is a way one carries him or herself. You are a very fortunate person if that is something that drives you crazy. Trust me when I say, there are more serious mater's that drives the majority of us crazy.

Originally Posted by chachacha

i met rick santorum in sept and i think he is a fine, sincere, humble man...i am very happy that he did so well in iowa, as he worked very hard, and as everyone says he could never win the nomination. i think he could win if enough conservatives rally around him, but with all the other possibilities it just keeps us divided...eventually the right person will float to the top of the barrel. remember, romney got 25% of the iowa vote, but that means that 75% of republicans would prefer a conservative...ARE YOU LISTENING, REPUBLICAN LEADERS????

chachacha: I normally agree with your point of view However, your "eventually the right person will float to the top"... stops me in my tracks.

I use to beleieve that cream alway floated to the top but then how do you explain Obama ascendency to president???:

Originally Posted by The Villager II

That is one criteria out of many that I use. Abe even looked presidential, so you see it is a way one carries him or herself. You are a very fortunate person if that is something that drives you crazy. Trust me when I say, there are more serious mater's that drives the majority of us crazy.

Don't get me wrong, there are qualities which make someone "presidential". They have to do with intelligence, integrity, courage, etc., not 'looks'. What bothers me is that millions of voters make up their minds about a candidate based almost entirely on things like charm, physical beauty or handsomeness, smile, catchy words, etc. Thanks to the media, fueled by the super PACs for example, many unqualified candidates have been elected as a result.