Posted on 01/04/2012 11:56:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
If Rick Perry was a legitimate conservative (which I always warned he was not) he would have dropped out of the campaign today and endorsed Rick Santorum, Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich. Yet "Pay-for-Play" Perry stays in, and heads for South Carolina. So what's the deal?
The big winner of Perry staying in, by far, is Mitt Romney. The big loser is the conservative movement and the candidates who appeal to that movement. Keeping in mind my long-held view that Perry is not conservative, just a "pay-for-play" guy, what is in it for Perry?
1. Perhaps Romney offered Perry a position in his administration, such as undersecretary of Agriculture.
2. Perhaps Romney offered Perry a diplomatic post suited to his talents, such as United States Ambassador to Bolivia.
3. Perhaps Perry spent more of his money than we realize, and Romney offered to go to his 1 percent wealthy fundraisers and raise for Perry a little more dough to sweeten the pie.
Who knows? I would suggest that by staying in and helping Romney, and hurting Santorum and Gingrich, Perry is to the conservative movement what Benedict Arnold was to the colonists. Or, since Rick Perry likes analogies from the Bible, perhaps a gentleman whose first name begins with "J" and ends with "-udas" fairly describes what Perry is doing to the real conservatives today.
Benedict Arnold 2012
Judas 2012
Thanks. That puts things in perspective. This race will be both a sprint and a marathon.
This thing is a long way from over, so come on, get a grip.
There has yet to be a single primary election, and you are already tearing up the wailing cloths. If your favorite candidate candidate is good, he’ll survive and thrive. Same for mine. You need not worry about Mitt as he is very unlikely to be the nominee. Although he might survive past Florida, he’ll be the Rudy Giuliani of 2012. He will fall further and further back in pack as time goes by.
I haven’t given up on Perry.
I like Perry, Santorum, and Gingrich. Any of them is far preferable to Mittens, and together they comprise the non-Romney vote. There’s still plenty of time for things to get sorted out.
Personally, I am looking forward to Romney finally getting his head handed to him. The more conservatives there are in the race, the more negative ads aimed at Romney there (hopefully) will be. Plus, we will now get to see who thinks Romney will ultimately prevail and is only in it for a shot at his VP slot. The ferocity of each candidate’s negative ads will tell that tale.
Soooo, can anyone tell me how many delegates the top three got? 7-7-7 or 13,12,0 or what?
In my opinion despite Haley's misplaced endorsement, this is a far-fetched scenario. More likely Romeny finishes fourth in South Carolina behind Santorum, Gingrich and Perry and goes into Florida as damaged goods.
No idea. A brokered convention would be cool. What a circus that would be!
Here are two joke-ies on pale ponys in this race that should be scratched but Hills tout Brent Budowski wants you to bet on them...Not in my book sould you
Palin. Palin is now a possibility with Bachman out. And Romney get actually a little less than he did in 2008 Iowa Caucus, he is very weak.
The main thing is that there are less winner-take-all states this year, meaning that it will draw out longer. Thats one reason Perry is still in it, since he is only between 6 and 12 delegates behind now. SC and Fl are winner take all, if Palin got in, claiming she need to solidify the conservative vote and won SC, she might attain that victory with just 20 percent of the vote, possibly doable with a write in?
Maybe Governor Perry will do better in the Southern States, who will favor a Texas governor over a Northern one and take votes away from Romney.
Perry spent $364 PER PERSON per VOTE in Iowa.
Just to bring up a factoid for the Perry supporters.
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Worked for McLame last time. He was DOA and out of $$$. And viola.... he's the nom because CBS said so.
I don’t think it has been decided yet for Iowa. All this did was determine whose supporters go on to the state level, where it weeds out again to decide who go on to the RNC. Exact numbers still not decided.
This article is a bit heavy on the drama. That said, I don’t think it’s inaccurate.
Bachmann did the right thing. She has been polling down for months. If Perry starts getting significant $$$ from Romney PACs, I think that would fully justify the article.
Is there time for Perry to make a big turnaround? Sure. Anything’s possible. But his border/illegal alien/LaRaza position is his biggest problem and he has shown no desire to change it. Putting fences around cities while leaving a thousand miles of ‘patrolled’ land open is just nuts when Democrats will just force ROEs on the border patrol more restrictive than those on Marines in Afghanistan.
I hope Santorum and Newt can get it together despite Perry staying in. Neither is my choice, but I guess I can vote for either and live with it.
I want to know who paid Mr. B to lie like this. I’m convinced he took money or was bribed some other way because he is so certain that’s how the world works.
2DV, you’re right about Paul, and the jury is still out on Gingrich’s conversion to fidelity, marital and otherwise.
I sure don’t like the way the GOP is allowing its candidates to be chosen.
Romney spent $143 per vote in Iowa.
Santorum spent 2 handshakes per vote in lieu of cash.
To win SC (say 150,000 votes in a split field) with 500,000 total votes cast, at the same spend rate as Iowa, Romney will need to budget about $24 million and Santorum about 300,000 handshakes. If Santorum gets started right away and shakes 10,000 hands a day between now and the primary, he might have a chance. I don’t care how much money Romeny spends in South Carolina, he isn’t going to achieve lift-off.
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