Posted on 12/31/2011 9:34:29 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
With a revamped message and a significant TV presence here, Rick Perry is hoping to revive his disappointing presidential campaign with a surprise finish Tuesday.
But even as they hold out hope that Perry can find a way back into contention, some of his advisers have begun laying the groundwork to explain how the Texas governor bombed so dramatically in a race that he seemed to control for a brief period upon his entry in August.
Their explanations for the nosedive come against the backdrop of a campaign riven by an intense, behind-the-scenes power struggle that took place largely between a group of the governor’s longtime advisers and a new cadre of consultants brought on this fall. In the end, the outsiders won out — and ever since have marginalized Perry’s longtime chief strategist while crafting a new strategy in which the Texan has portrayed himself as a political outsider and culture warrior.
In a series of interviews with POLITICO, sources close to the campaign depict a dysfunctional operation that might be beyond saving because of what they describe as the political equivalent of malpractice by the previous regime.
“There has never been a more ineptly orchestrated, just unbelievably subpar campaign for president of the United States than this one,” said a senior Perry adviser.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Perry’s only role at this point is simply to siphon votes away from Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann and possibly even Newt Gingrich.
“portrayed”
Perry is a master of portraying.
Bachmann has no votes. She should drop out today and endorse someone while she still is relevant. Harsh but true. A few people showed up for a campaign stop today. A bakers dozen at best.
Advisers can point fingers at each other, both insider and outsider, but Perry simply hasn’t delivered as a candidate. His core message was great. He just couldn’t execute on stage. his debate gaffes simply killed him off. Unless he makes a last minute recovery into the top 3, he will likely be done. It wasn’t advisers or strategists. It was Perry. He pretty much was sunk before the DC heavyweight advisers even joined. He had the clearest path of anyone to victory, but detrailed. The advisers that came in actually made him better. I saw some great interviews in November/December. The ‘3 things’ gaffe was likely the final nail.
What a a joke.
Now Politico is the defacto source of truth? LOL!
Here is a little clue folks...
Nobody expected Perry to sweep Iowa or NH.
Its reasonable to expect that he can come in 3rd or 4th in Iowa, with its caucus system.
NH? LOL
New Hampster is such a mess with its open primarys it is a joke and not reflective of conservatives in any way.
No offense to Iowa or NH
Look to SC to see how the true base electorate will vote.
Then look to Fla to see how the masses will vote
I just saw Perry on Fox News and he seems to think he won’t win the nominee. He seemed very down. He said “Well I will vote for the eventual nominee, but I still hope it is me.” I think he knows he is done. It would be nice if he would come out and endorse Santorum. I would give him some kudos for doing so. If he would endorse him today, that would be pretty good.
You’re right. He seemed to have something else on his mind. Like the tough task of packing up that chuck wagon and heading back to Texas after Tuesday night.
We’ll be happy to keep him as a damn good Governor.
His stumbles in the early debates showed he didn’t think fast on his feet.
That whole controversy about the ranch name showed he could not deal with MSM sucker-punches.
Then he kinda just dropped out of view to “learn” how to run for national office. Not a confidence builder.
Who is this advisor? does he have a name? Who's campaign is he referencing? It doesn't say.
Typical unsourced BS.
I can tell you this as fact. Cain is toast and Bachmann is toast
It’s stunning that people write Perry off but entertain idiots like Paul Pot.
naps, I’ve been thinking about you ever since Santorum made a bit of a splash this week. You must be very happy!
Totally agree. Same for Bachmann. If they both threw their support behind Santorum, it could be enough.
It would be even nicer if Santorum dropped out and endorsed Perry.
What a stunningly stupid thing to say.
Perry's family rectified the perceived offense even though it had nothing to do with them.
Perry's family should be applauded for their actions, and Herb Cain should be jeered for trying to use the entire matter to paint Perry as a racist.
Wow...so Ron Paul is now being likened to a genocidal commie? Couldn’t find a way to use Hitler or Stalin?
This from an arm of the One in the Oval Office by fraud and pretense. He and his Ci-cago gang seem still to be fearful of Perry. Martin and Haberman “caring” about Republican chances? Give us a break. Their only concern repeatedly has been to give lap jobs to the fraud. The Politico bunch is still clearly afraid of Perry.
It’s a little joke about his stance on dope and his stance on isolationism.
Bingo!
And I like the Ricks and Michele, too.
But the quicker we unite around *****Newt*****, the quicker we end the Willard threat on conservatism.
Speaker Gingrich-led Republicans….the result:
* Four consecutive balanced budgets
* Over $400 billion of debt paid off
* Bipartisan welfare reform
* 11 million new jobs
* Unemployment falling to under 4%.
These are the same ***holes that floated the idea that Perry made Cain mess with those women.
Cain was dumb enough to run with it.
How’d that all work out?
As much blatant racism that Cain was exposed to growing up, I’m sure we can FORGIVE Herman for reacting about a monstrous rock with the N word painted across it.
Next.
I don’t forgive him.
Perry was very complimentary of Cain, and Cain stabbed him at every turn, without reason or proof.
And now we are to believe that Perry’s campaign is the biggest train wreck in political history even as others have crashed in spectacular fashion.
Bah!
Perry is still drawing crowds on the campaign trail. Here’s the latest:
“Packed Perry event at Bloomers in Fort Dodge, crowd spilling out the room .”
http://pic.twitter.com/ACuzeMl6
Small venues, but he is out there meeting and greeting.
Not a vote has been cast, but Politico writes up this 4 page POS that says it’s over.
Perry did fine on the camp name....Cain...not so fine....a real “Bad whitey” moment for Cain. Cain was disgusting.
“Perry did fine on the camp name....Cain...not so fine....a real “Bad whitey” moment for Cain. Cain was disgusting.”
Agree. Perry deserved an apology for that.
Thank you. I am. I hope you have a very Happy New Year!!!! No matter what, this will be the year that we rid ourselves of Obama and no matter the nominee (except Romney), it will be better than the idiot we have in office. I just want to ensure that we pick the very best and IMHO it is Santorum. We will see very soon though.
“It’s stunning that people write Perry off but entertain idiots like Paul Pot.”
Yes, and it’s equally amazing to me that conservatives have willingly decided to ignore what they know about Newt Gingrich, and fall all over him. He was detested at FR a year ago (hello, Dede Scozzafava)? Sorry, but I’ll take Perry anyday.
And as for his early debate performances, let’s not forget that the probable reason for that was his back surgery and the fact that he was in considerable pain. Once he began to recover, his performances improved quite a bit.
We in PA are happy that you in Texas are happy, now if Cinncy's wife would find another candidate be would all be happy.
Did I tell you the story about my camp?
I found this dead guy in the river back in Mar.
He wasn’t done in on the property, I didn’t own the property, the guy was a floater that had been whacked way up stream in the city.
Well, I called the cops and I told them to call me so I could unlock the gate when they arrived.
They called and I went up there, where I met 9 very angry black police officers.
That’s when I realized that someone had slapped a Barack Obama joker face “socialism is no joke” sticker on the gate.
Well, no amount of reason could sway those folks into understanding that I don’t own the property, no one on the property had committed a crime and that Barack Obama is a socialist. LOL
It all worked out, but it was truly scary
It is quite the physiological quandary.
Happy New Year to you, too! I still like Michele Bachmann, myself, but it’s nice to see Rick S. having his day in the sun. Hope he can build on it.
Don’t count Perry out yet...
Why the attack on Cincinatus wife?
Aside from Romney, Perry is the only candidate with executive experience. He has never lost an election. He doesn't have a closet full of personal scandals. He has a solid record of conservative leadership. Is he perfect? No, but Perry is more conservative and has less baggage than Gingrich. He has bigger war chest than Santorum or Bachmann, both of whom he leads in an average of all the polls. Santorum isn't going anywhere after Iowa and Bachmann... Why is she even still in the race? Her campaign died months ago.
Perry-haters needn't worry though. Perry won't get the nomination. Conservatives are going to bicker and split their support amongst the handful of reasonably (though not perfectly) conservative candidates while trashing the others until one by one these candidates run out of money, run out of steam and drop out of the race. And then we'll be shell-shocked when Mitt Romney is the last guy standing and somehow pretend we didn't see it coming.
Running on his economic success as Governor of Texas, Perry could beat Obama. Sadly, it's unlikely he'll get the chance.
Damn you spellcheck!
* Four consecutive balanced budgets
* Over $400 billion of debt paid off
* Bipartisan welfare reform
* 11 million new jobs
* Unemployment falling to under 4%.
“Perry’s family rectified the perceived offense even though it had nothing to do with them.
Perry’s family should be applauded for their actions, and Herb Cain should be jeered for trying to use the entire matter to paint Perry as a racist.”
So?
The MSM got their needed mileage out of it. Perry dropped like a rock.
The story did not go away based on some slam-dunk response from Perry. It only went into hibernation until he is seen as a threat again.
So no, it isnt a stunningly stupid thing to say that he didn’t deal with it. He didn’t.
That’s why I keep saying that the nominee needs to be able to deal with the MSM offensively on stuff like this. Not just put out a explanation in a press release and think that was all it would take.
If anything, the way he handled it helps him.
Yeah, the story is still there, and the truth is still there, but Herb is toast.
That's right. He didn't showboat.
To the contrary, he did what was right without desire for glory.
Plus, Perry's a more reliable conservative than Jeb Bush and not George W. Bush's actual biological brother, but he has a similar problem, at least with voters who don't live in or near Texas ...
You’re right. But helps her save face. Yesterday she claimed hundreds of thousands of another candidates voters where coming to her camp. This was just after she lost the SuperPac to Romney, Campaign Manager left and she fired a guy for defending the campaign manager. With suck great potential she really jumped the shark, jumped it real early.
Cain however did use a slam dunk response.
When he was pressed on the matter of trying to blame Perry for the rock, he simply said "I'm done talkin about that" and he got a pass! LOL
Hi, Liz! Nice to see you back!
If I recall correctly Perry then went on to defend states rights, Then someone brought up the instate tuition thing for some children born of illegals.
The next thing ya know is Perry went from racist to illegal lover.
The electorate makes me cringe.
“It is quite the physiological psychological quandary.
Damn you spellcheck!”
LOL, well, I guess it could be a physiological quandary, too, considering the timing of that back surgery!
My back is ailing me as well so I can sympathize LOL.
You can see, in the early debates that he is in severe pain.
He’s all healed up now.
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