...and you did it very masterfully, I might add!
Posted on 11/30/2011 5:07:48 PM PST by GOP_Harley_Guy
The campaign-finance laws have made the presidential selection process a self-destructive mess.
Eliminate the limits on individual donations.
In what all say is an "historic" election, the GOP is fielding its B team while the A team sits in the locker room. Since when does that win the big games?
Mitt Romney, stuck forever at 25%, has been a front-runner out of a Henny Youngman joke. Take my candidate—please. Gov. Romney has been such a front-runner that virtually any new face in the race momentarily catches him—Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and now even an old face, Newt Gingrich.
The question asked everywhere is, Why is this the field? How did it come to this? Desperate questions bring desperate answers, such that I have been overheard mumbling of late: "Maybe it's time to bring back the smoke-filled rooms."
In what all say is an "historic" election, the GOP is fielding its B team while the A team sits in the locker room. Since when does that win the big games?
Mitt Romney, stuck forever at 25%, has been a front-runner out of a Henny Youngman joke. Take my candidate—please. Gov. Romney has been such a front-runner that virtually any new face in the race momentarily catches him—Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and now even an old face, Newt Gingrich.
The question asked everywhere is, Why is this the field? How did it come to this? Desperate questions bring desperate answers, such that I have been overheard mumbling of late: "Maybe it's time to bring back the smoke-filled rooms."
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“Maybe it’s time to bring back the smoke-filled rooms.”
YES! I’ve been saying this on FR for quite a while! Most voters will vote for the man who LOOKS most Presidential, not the most qualified!
Back in 1960, Kennedy-Nixon debate! Those who heard it on radio said NIXON won it hands down! Those who saw it on TV said Kennedy won and Nixon looked “shifty”.
Look at what happened in the last election!
>> I’m actually pretty satisfied with the field despite the perpetual politicians.
It’s relatively better than 2008. Not as good as I’d like, but I’ll take progress over no progress.
You must admit though, this election chaos is a little fun to watch.
I’m just not sure the tea party has what it takes to do the heavy lifting. People seem way too concerned with their fear of Obama and not concerned enough with doing what is good for the nation.
Me too; but, note that Herr Henniger offers no new ideas, only ones who have declined to run, or are RINOs unto themselves; Jeb Bush, nevermore; Ryan declined, Christie declined, nevermore; Daniels, nevermore; Walker, maybe; Toomey, who(?). Why not Sarah, Herr Henniger?
“It’s interesting that he mentions Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and even Rob Portman ... everyone except the one name that would truly get everyone excited.”
That is the purpose of the ‘smoke filled room’. Keep it closed, keep it ours, keep it the same. The people blowing the smoke in that room would be people like Boehner, Rove, Castle and Murkowski.
No.
“Keep it closed, keep it ours, keep it the same.”
Excellent observation, I concur.
YEP!!! Pretty much my thought to. Love her or not, I think Sarah would enrgize the GOP. Whatever her position on the ticket.
No way!
With “smoke-filled rooms” we’d end up with candidates like George Bush, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney, and they’d be serious disappointments to real conservatives.
I’d rather trust the electoral process, so the DNC and MSNBC can select our nominees!
Party "adults" (yes, the Dems have some) in a smoke-filled room would have weeded out Obama--which Henninger seems to imply. But Obama was never vetted by the Mainstream Media either. And the same Clown Car Media totally missed John Edwards' hanky panky--I have to believe that was intentional on someone's part. And we all see how bad the Mainstream Media is acting this year against the GOP field.
Henninger also conveniently ignores the Democratic Sooooper-delegates. About 1/3 of the Democratic delegates are not chosen by the primaries or caucuses. These are party apparatchiks who can act as a "smoke-filled room" if they have to.
Not just no, but hell no!
The primaries are the only place I feel like I have any influence at all. You really want to turn them back into a plebescite vote for whoever the northeastern establishment wants (nevermind the fact their states break Republican about once a century)?
In other words, we shouldn’t choose the canidate.
Beautiful, maybe they can get McCain to run again.
...and you did it very masterfully, I might add!
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