Posted on 08/21/2011 2:58:12 PM PDT by AAABEST
Despite an instant, commanding lead in the polls, newly-minted GOP presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry is already being viewed as “unelectable.” The panel of reporters on Sunday’s The Chris Matthews Show reached a general consensus that Perry’s loose talk and extreme views will eventually lead the Republican establishment to choose the more moderate, more electable Mitt Romney to challenge President Obama in the general election.
Barely a week into his campaign, the Texas Governor has talked himself into trouble, and not just with liberals and Democrats. While John Heilemann sees Perry’s smashmouth certitude as an advantage over Mitt Romney, The New York Times‘ Helene Cooper points out that, eventually, Republicans are going to have to think about beating Barack Obama, not each other. In perhaps the best piece of news for Romney, Cooper says that he is still the candidate that the White House is most worried about.
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Bachmann does not have history on her side as a House member.
On top of that you have the "extremism" that Perry is also labeled with. Or Palin is labeled with.
Or pretty much anybody not Obama's underling Huntsman or Romney at this point is "unelectable" to the left / press.
Did they ever say Obama was unelectable? A first term senator with no distinguished career. The left would laugh at him. He had the race card which provided immunity to legitimate criticism.
Clowns scare me...
Ass Clowns that is.
I’d like to see a 1980 and up history on video of these idiot pontiffs going from candidate to candidate each election proclaiming them to be “the” one. I’ll bet each switches the ‘sure thing’ at least 5 times per cycle.
It is insanity how anyone takes any of them seriously.
Chris Matthews, is that you?
Unfortunately, the demographic group least likely to vote for any Republican, even if Satan himself were the Dem nominee, are outbreeding and out-immigrating those who would vote GOP.
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