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Well said about Perry and his weakness. Perry would be a very bad pick for the GOP.Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be surging in polls of Republican primary voters, but his party’s Insiders aren’t convinced he’d be the best general election candidate. More than two-thirds of Republican Insiders say Mitt Romney has a better chance than Perry of defeating President Obama in 2012, according to this week’s National Journal Political Insiders Poll.

Who has a better chance of beating President Obama in 2012, Mitt Romney or Rick Perry?

Democrats(88 votes) Republicans(97 votes)

Mitt Romney 83% 69%
Rick Perry 17% 31%

Originally Posted by The Villager II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF9cC...eature=related

Well said about Perry and his weakness. Perry would be a very bad pick for the GOP.Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be surging in polls of Republican primary voters, but his party’s Insiders aren’t convinced he’d be the best general election candidate. More than two-thirds of Republican Insiders say Mitt Romney has a better chance than Perry of defeating President Obama in 2012, according to this week’s National Journal Political Insiders Poll.

Who has a better chance of beating President Obama in 2012, Mitt Romney or Rick Perry?

Democrats(88 votes) Republicans(97 votes)

Mitt Romney 83% 69%
Rick Perry 17% 31%

I must have missed it. I watched the whole video and all I heard was that Huckabee thought it was a mistake for Perry to avoid Iowa. What is Perry's weakness?
I want to say that I like Huckabee and occasionally watch his Saturday night show.

For establishment Republican's a lot of sentiment is given to "who's turn" it is to be the candidate. That's how we were saddled with Bob Dole and later John McCain who were more eminently uninspired and unelectable.

Many of the party leadership think it's Romney's "turn" to be the candidate and have this unproven theory that his "appeal to the middle" will make him the better candidate. The fallacy of this is that if I want a candidate "more to the left" to vote for, I'll vote for the Democrat. Why vote for a "wannabe". My example would be "John McCain 2008".

The great Ronald Reagan proved that if a candidate can espouse conservative idea's, conservative values, love of country, and optimism in the future, he will resonate with the true majority of this country. Those people who toil daily to provide for themselves and their families, praise the Lord regularly for their good fortune, and look to themselves and not a government benefactor for their future security.

Nobody verbalizes those value points better, at this time, than Gov. Rick Perry. Mitt Romney is OK with me, but he's not as dynamic or convincing. Either one with Marco Rubio as V.P. will be hard to beat.

"Who's turn is it" is an almost DAILY event. One guy announces and all of a sudden the press is speculating on who's next to enter. Perry announces and all the speculation is about Palin.

The press is like a kid at the checkout line who ALWAYS wants another candy bar.

Originally Posted by djplong

"Who's turn is it" is an almost DAILY event. One guy announces and all of a sudden the press is speculating on who's next to enter. Perry announces and all the speculation is about Palin.

The press is like a kid at the checkout line who ALWAYS wants another candy bar.

I think Palin is about to announce. I can't really believe it. Most people know I have a lot of admiration for Palin, but realistically she has absolutely no chance. She would be better off using her time to articulate her vision of "American Idealism" and "Pride In God And Country" that she does so well, and if she limits herself to that, it can help to create and inspire the mood for a Republican victory. The campaign waters are muddy enough.

Originally Posted by RichieLion

I think Palin is about to announce. I can't really believe it. Most people know I have a lot of admiration for Palin, but realistically she has absolutely no chance. She would be better off using her time to articulate her vision of "American Idealism" and "Pride In God And Country" that she does so well, and if she limits herself to that, it can help to create and inspire the mood for a Republican victory. The campaign waters are muddy enough.

It's because she is an attention addict that she keeps throwing herself in front of the cameras and saying, "LOOK AT MEEEE" "LOOK AT MEEE!"

She wore out her good points a long time ago.

I think Palin is toast. She has no real backing and is trying to run on her ridiculous nomination for VP in the last election.

Originally Posted by ilovetv

It's because she is an attention addict that she keeps throwing herself in front of the cameras and saying, "LOOK AT MEEEE" "LOOK AT MEEE!"

She wore out her good points a long time ago.

Originally Posted by zcaveman

I think Palin is toast. She has no real backing and is trying to run on her ridiculous nomination for VP in the last election.

See the thing is, no matter where Sarah Palin goes she steals the show and sucks all the air out of the room. She gets the attention whether she wants it or not, so I think your statement is not quite accurate, Ilovetv. On her road trip she purposely refrained from telling the media anything about her planned itinerary, and they made fools of themselves acting like papparazzi. She doesn't have to say "look at meeee". She showed up in Iowa and everyone else was her backdrop. She's a media magnet.

For these same reasons and more, I have to disagree with the gist of your quote Z, because she still is a major force in the Tea Party faction of the Republican Party, and she will have to be dealt with by the Republican Party if they want to secure her supporters for the eventual candidate.

That's the way I see it; I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by zcaveman

I think Palin is toast. She has no real backing and is trying to run on her ridiculous nomination for VP in the last election.

Why is she toast?

No real backing? That is the democrats dream, not reality.

Ridiculous nomination for VP? She invigorated McCains chances. White guilt and 96% of blacks voting for Obama was the sealer.
I personally do not think of her as a President, but I abhor the way she is represented by the left-wing propaganda machine.

Originally Posted by villagegolfer

White guilt and 96% of blacks voting for Obama was the sealer

Ain't that the truth!

Originally Posted by KatzPajamas

Ain't that the truth!

Sadly, it is the truth. If I must be so bold, another truth is that the white guilt is not going to pass muster this time around. With unemployment still at record highs, and Obama starting another war, Obamacare scaring businesses, the liberals and the blacks are disenfranchised. They are looking for an alternative to this regime. Hopefully, for the future the USA, B Hussein Obama will be a one term president.

Originally Posted by KatzPajamas

Ain't that the truth!

No doubt the 96 % black vote will stay somewhat the same for a few more generations. Not sure I blame them for that, I would probably do the same if I were black. I don't agree on the white guilt part. I think those that did vote for Obama was because he is, LIKE HIM OR NOT, a brilliant speaker and a charismatic personality.

With all due respect...def of brilliant:b : distinguished by unusual mental keenness or alertness

I interpret that to mean that a brilliant speaker would speak eloquently from the heart, using the facts that are passionately believed in by himself, and knowing the material like the back of his hand...and therefore definitely without a teleprompter...


As far as white guilt~ I voted for Ken Blackwell in Ohio, I voted for Alan Keyes in a primary and I would vote for Allen West or Herman Cain for president if given the chance.
I cannot ever cast a vote for a man who would not vote to provide care for a child that survives an abortion...I refer to pages 28-35 at this link to transcripts of Obama's verbal opposition to the Born Alive legislation on the Illinois Senate floor on April 4th, 2002 ~ abortion...http://www.ilga.gov/senate/transcrip...2/ST040402.pdf

Ya know I would think those who dislike Obama (to put it kindly) could come up with better reasons to slam him than the teleprompter. That is so lame.

Originally Posted by The Villager II

No doubt the 96 % black vote will stay somewhat the same for a few more generations. Not sure I blame them for that, I would probably do the same if I were black. I don't agree on the white guilt part. I think those that did vote for Obama was because he is, LIKE HIM OR NOT, a brilliant speaker and a charismatic personality.

Just a little humor:

http://www.theonion.com/video/obamas...famil%2C14383/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...teleprompters/

While the teleprompter might let Mr. Obama blame someone else whenever the answer turns out to be wrong, we would like to have a president who occasionally comes across as more than a TV anchor reading a script.