Sorry, I don’t have Stockholm Syndrome, nor am I driven by irrational fear of general election polls over a year out of the race. I’ve seen the Rick Perry movie before and it ends with a Kenyan in the White House. No thanks.
I am a Cain fan but which of the two brings foreign policy experience? This would be an achilles heel for this ticket.
Are you asking a question? And exactly why was Perry’s stance in Texas necessary? So he could lie and get elected? I would have much preferred that he stand by the law and say illegal aliens means illegal entry which warrents being immediately deported to your home country where you belong instead of being held up and fed by taxpayers only for the feds to release them again.
Right now I don’t want somebody who is soft on our illegal alien problem. I want somebody prepared to uphold the law...every word of it.
No. No. And no again. Perry has many more problems than immigration - DREAM Act, Texas Corridor, barely makes it to RINO status and then only during election time, etc. What’s this you say about it being necessary for Texas? That makes no sense no matter how it’s meant.
The general public would never put another Texan in office this soon after the Bushes. I don’t know that the next round would be a long enough time and yes, I’m a Texan.
Newt, Romney, Obvious to the most casual observer, they’re done before they start.
Newt, Romney, Obvious to the most casual observer, they’re done before they start.
The bottom line against Perry is that the things he chose to lead on were things like Gardasil and the Trans Texas Corridor. On both issues, it took massive public outcry to stop him from getting his way.
Remember when we had to stomp our feet to get Bush to stop with Harriet Myers? Dubai Ports? Amnesty?
This country is on the verge of complete collapse. We CANNOT afford someone who needs the people of this country to tell him what common sense is. We need someone who can LEAD and LEAD in the RIGHT DIRECTION!
My guess is that the Newt debacle means he had surrounded himself with progressives. That says a lot about the man.
WTF? What sort of RINO talk is that?
If there's anyplace where a firm stand should be taken against illegal immigration, it's Texas. We're being inundated with illegals.
Perry's continual failure to do so is evidence of his total lack of qualification to be president.
Perry wants open borders because that’s the popular view in Texas? Is that what you’re saying?
Cain is a rock solid conservative, but his best hope is as someone’s VP. He has the same problem Palin had a few years ago. Solid beliefs without comprehensive understanding. There’s some fundamental questions like ‘Do you support gun control?’, ‘Do you support the right of return?’ or ‘What would your policy in Afghanistan and Iraq be?’ that you simply need to have straight answers on. The guy has never run in the big leagues before, and it shows.
Perry is not a rock solid conservative, but he is a veteran politician who reliably wins elections and has a record with more good in it than bad. He’s not going to get caught in rookie mistakes in a major national campaign. By comparison, his resume looks awfully strong compared to Barack Obama. Lots of jobs created, strong overall economy.
The GOP-E is going to run a full court press to get Romney the nomination, and Mittens has the money and name recognition to do it. Novelty candidates aside, there’s only a handful of folks in Mitt’s league (called governors), and Perry is one of them.
If Palin doesn’t run, then we need a plan B. (And B doesn’t stand for Bachmann. Representatives just don’t get elected President, especially junior ones.) I’m open to suggestions, but unless Palin or Perry steps up and gets in the ring, we’re going to get stuck with Romney.
Cain is a rock solid conservative, but his best hope is as someone’s VP. He has the same problem Palin had a few years ago. Solid beliefs without comprehensive understanding. There’s some fundamental questions like ‘Do you support gun control?’, ‘Do you support the right of return?’ or ‘What would your policy in Afghanistan and Iraq be?’ that you simply need to have straight answers on. The guy has never run in the big leagues before, and it shows.
Perry is not a rock solid conservative, but he is a veteran politician who reliably wins elections and has a record with more good in it than bad. He’s not going to get caught in rookie mistakes in a major national campaign. By comparison, his resume looks awfully strong compared to Barack Obama. Lots of jobs created, strong overall economy.
The GOP-E is going to run a full court press to get Romney the nomination, and Mittens has the money and name recognition to do it. Novelty candidates aside, there’s only a handful of folks in Mitt’s league (called governors), and Perry is one of them.
If Palin doesn’t run, then we need a plan B. (And B doesn’t stand for Bachmann. Representatives just don’t get elected President, especially junior ones.) I’m open to suggestions, but unless Palin or Perry steps up and gets in the ring, we’re going to get stuck with Romney.
I saw him on some show in an interview situation, and even though I agreed with him, his answers were so programmed and insincere that he just made me sick.
No thanks.
I am really concerned that WA state Republicans are supporting Romney in ways that undermine conservative Republicans, including our own Republican candidate for governor.
The GOP invited Romney to speak at our state convention last year. There’s so much going on in this state that raises concerns, none of it good.
The Cain Train!
If you actually go out and talk to Texans of latino heritage, you would quickly find out that they do NOT want open borders and millions of illegals depressing wages, filling up hospital wards, taking government handouts and the obligatory crime increase. Perry's positions are classic RINO pandering, hoping to win more of the latino vote - which he still lost to Bill White.
Perry won the GOP nomination with 51%. Had there been a stronger Conservative challenger, he may have lost. But when you are running against RINO Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina, who turned out to be a nutcase, he should have smoked them both. Conservatives had little choice but to select Perry.
I feel like I have to post this daily. Texas is successful because of its culture of self-reliance, low taxes, no income tax, right-to-work, oil & gas exploration and diversified economy. Business is attracted here for much of the above and other factors like weather, location, less regulation etc.
As Governor, Perry should take some credit for the state doing well and not screwing it up, but he is hardly responsible for its overall success.
Would he be better than Romney, Pawlenty, Newt etc. Absolutely. Is he a committed Conservative? Absolutely not. He is a political opportunist that changed to the GOP - like many politicians, when it became obvious the Democrats were doomed in Texas. In the DC culture, he would slide back towards the left.
I support Palin. If a strong Conservative emerges as the nominee, I will gladly support them. Please, in the name of the Founding Fathers, do not give me yet another, "finger-to-the-wind, milquetoast, don't rock the apple cart" RINO as the GOP nominee. This will be the most important election in my lifetime. If we do not elect someone willing to drastically change direction of the Federal government, we are doomed. Another squishy "let's all get along" RINO will seal our fate.
Perry is an amnesty-loving Giuliani-endorsing big government RINO.
To Hades with him