Polls are not a cause, they are an effect. If Perry WINS the nomination, it will be because when people got serious about the race, they looked at him and decided he was the best choice.
If that doesn’t happen, you don’t have to worry about him being the Nominee. If that DOES happen, it will mean he has regained his stride and will be a fine candidate in the general election.
You could say the same thing about Cain, if Cain actually gets vetted. At the moment he’s the flavor of the month, the guy who got all the good buzz for a month while Perry was attacked. A good number of Cain supporters were checking the “Perry” box a month ago. You clearly think they’d never go back, but a month ago people weren’t thinking they would decide to check the 4% Cain box.
At this point in 2008, Giuliani was somewhere around 40%, and McCain was in single digits (and McCain had previously been near front-runner status). Polls show how people feel at this moment, they don’t show what will be in 2 months, or 6 months. As a Palin supporter, I’ve lived by that rule for the past 2 years.
Thanks for putting a smile on my face today. All the negativity can wear anyone down, a little perspective is a good thing.
Looking at the candidates I decided to support Perry awhile ago. IMO, we not only need to win this election but we need to elect someone who can actually get something done and get the right things done. Perry has a record that shows what he will support and how effective he will be in getting things done.
Cain seems to be the favorite right now, but a part of that is he has no record to look at. He is inexperienced as an executive in govt. Also, because he has no record he can say what he wants on any issue and we really have no way to know if he really believes it or has the capacity to get it done. I lost all interest in Cain when he refused to sign the Pro-Life pledge and when he was questioned on it came up with the silliest response I have ever seen. I have seen Cain make the same mistakes on just about everything he has been questioned on. He was clueless on the issue of "right of return". He has had about 3 different positions on abortion and his backtracking on that has been just as silly as his Pro-Life pledge backtracking. His 999 has become 909 and even 333. If he were to win the nomination just imagine the ads obama will run asking people what does he really stand for.
I think people will take the race more seriously the closer they get to actually voting. At that point I believe a solid conservative with experience and a record will be preferred to an entertaining goofball. Really, how do you take a guy seriously that wants to put an electrified fence in a river.