Posted on 08/30/2011 2:56:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
“He also hails from a critical swing state, and could almost single-handedly put a coveted and growing demographic into play, virtually overnight. “
I’m so sick of identity politics. That’s what got us our affirmative action president.
This writer seems to be an anti-Perry mole. Why in the *world* would an interesting candidate like Perry link himself with a howling bore like “T-Paw”?
Well he has a right to his opinion, whether you like it or not.
I would rather take Bachmann over T-Paw any day.
Adding a certifiable moron to the ticket would NOT help Perry.
Gotta do something to make Perry less appealing...
It isn’t fair to Obama otherwise...
Yes, of course he has a “right” to his opinion. Why even mention it? Must we phrase every comment, “Although he has a right to his opinion, I think the writer must be ... (on drugs, a fool, the product of a ‘liberal’ education, etc.)”?
Should Gov. Perry be the nominee, there are a lot of potential VP candidates who are not demonstrably (i.e., total misfire candidacy) uninteresting to the voters.
Because 2nd bananas are supposed to stay on message and otherwise stay out of the way. I predicted this a while ago. I think Perry-Pawlenty is a very likely scenario.
VPs often play the role of bad cop in election run ups.
T-Paw is more parking checker.
No. Whoever heads the Republican ticket needs to have senator Rubio as the VP. No and, ifs, or buts about it.
It seems to me Perry is happy being the bad cop. My impression is he wants a good cop VP, and he had many nice things to say about Pawlenty. It seems very likely to me. Perry doesn’t want a big mouth. That’s his job.
Freshman senator? No thanks.
Birds of a feather and all that.
Interesting perspective. I’ll have to think about it more.
I don’t think so. Just my impression, but I don’t think Perry wants an alpha male with a big mouth—he wants that job all for himself. That’s one reason I think Pawlenty is a likely choice. Has executive experience, and yet is not likely to be overly independent, go off message, or cause trouble. I am sure Perry believes he has all the gravitas the ticket will need. He wants a reliable 2nd fiddle.
Perry/Pawlenty ? Two big reasons to vote NO on the RINO twins.
Pawlenty = carbon tax, ethanol, publicly funded stadiums?
Hell No!
I still think Obama has the edge. He's a tireless demagogue with the race card as his shield and sword.
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