How does this compare with Obama saying there are 57 states?That's an easy question and I think I could answer it if it were sprung on me up on stage with lights shining in my face and TV cameras pointed at me (and yes, I have lectured in universities, so I know what it feels like, a little bit).
The answer is that Obama has (and will have) the full weight and power of the collective mass media of the United States of America on his side, while any Republican candidate running against Obama will have the full weight and power of the collective mass media of the United States of America aimed squarely at him/her like heavy artillery in a major military battle.
Wait, let me amend that, the full weight and power of the collective mass media of Canada, the United States and Europe.
Let me be the first to clue you in on something: Perry cannot go up against Obama in a campaign and win.
I like Perry. But I like a lot of people. Like isn't the deciding factor here. It's what Buckley said, it's the best conservative who can win.
I do believe Perry is a good conservative (despite all the iddy biddy widdy hurt feelings here in FR about the "heartless" remark) but he cannot win.
He cannot win.
He cannot win.
And this is based not on his record (which you say is conservative and you have said Rick Perry would be a great president) but on the MSM zeroing in on a "brain freeze" and nothing else he said during the debate.