Posted on 11/14/2011 1:50:04 PM PST by Patrick1
I despise romney to the power of ten... I wouldn't pee on him if he were on fire... we have the worst slate of candidates in my lifetime... the dregs... bottom of the barrel... well ok I exaggerate... there are snowe and collins and voinavich etc... but this lineup is pathetic.
I may end up voting for newt or cain... but there will be no sis boom bah and excitement from America over any of these candidates. Yes, most of them are far better than obama... but that is the lowest bar mankind can set. I will NEVER vote for romney under any scenario... will NEVER do it. I could vote for several of these other candidates but it will strictly be a vote AGAINST obama.
LLS
Well, Cain doesn’t seem to be dropping like a rock as the others did. I think there’s more substance with him. It’s definitely tightening though.
Cindie
I doubt there would be much difference between Newt and Mitt in governing. Both are lovers of government at heart.
Being able to take the heat isn’t going to be the issue. It’s going to be whether the laundry list of baggage will resonate with the voters. There are adults voting now who weren’t even around or were too young to pay attention when all that stuff was going on. Some have simply forgotten and others (like myself) haven’t had all his baggage in one neat, giant pile. Cain’s “sin” was a few whispers and a couple of less than credible women (and I use the term loosely) who both made similar claims in other jobs and were said to be real pains to work with according to their coworkers/bosses. Put the character issues (the affairs and the like) together with things like his Contract with the Earth, his “green” couch adventure with Princess Nancy, his endorsement of Dede, etc. and it may be hard for people to overlook the sheer number of things he has to answer too. Hopefully Cain will continue to stay in the top 3 because if he doesn’t, it’s Romney by default. The timing is absolutely perfect for that, too. But considering how hard they had to work to just bump Cain down a few points (he’s still ahead in most early primary states & national polls are pretty useless right now). Now, a couple months out they get to start on Newt.
Cindie
Not really. Cain is tied with Newt after all of the negative press. And, again, this is a national poll. This tells me that Newt isn’t as strong as people think and that Cain isn’t as weak. Cain is, by indication of this poll, still a front runner.
Newt - no hesitation to say that.
Interesting point.
However, as a corollary, we’re taking a risk with any of them at this point.
Newt does have to his benefit, an excellent 4 years or so as Speaker, and the orchestration of the takeover in the first place. When you consider what was accomplished, Newt has done more for the conservative movement since Reagan than anyone else in practice.
I’d almost rather have a guy who has done things in his private life I disagree with, but more or less governed the way I like, to someone with a pristine personal life who is an insufferable moderate/liberal legislatively.
It’s too bad we can’t have a guy with Romney’s family life, Newt’s brain and legislative record, Cain’s private sector experience, Marco Rubio’s youth and good looks as our nominee. However, we can’t.
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