Posted on 08/30/2011 4:42:56 PM PDT by Lou Budvis
Problem is they are all pretty much useless this far from any caucus or primary.
They skew to make news or to support an agenda but when elections near they have to slowly become accurate so as not to be exposed as the political hacks and tools they truly are.
I'm not disputing Perry's lead because after all,he is the flavor of the month, but I ain't buying the percentages until at most two weeks before actual opinions are made when actual ballots are cast.
Actually I have noticed that, which seems to show that Perry is at least trying. Perry still seems to be getting a leery response from Tea Party organizers. Which is understandable given bloopers like the Gardasil blunder, the philosophical affirmation of New York’s right to call a cat a dog (OK, I mean so called “gay marriage”) which he has belatedly attempted to remedy by signing an orthodox conservative position statement on “gay marriage.”
Trump bowed out, which this prima donna might as well have. He could have kept the GOP in confusion for months.
These are polls not votes...let’s keep our drawers pulled up...no republican in their right mind is going to vote for Romney or Paul anyway and they know it.
Plus we don’t even know all the candidates yet.
I think this poll captured what some scribblers call “the zing.” Nobody outside of Texas had heard of Rick Perry two months ago and now he’s the favorite.
Perry could deflate just as quickly if any of the hundred MSM reporters dispatched to Texas turn up something...
Perry is so much better than McCain, people focus, we need someone who can stop the madness.
Should Sarah Palin belatedly grab for the brass ring, grassroots support will catch on fire overnight. She is a tantalizer, who hasn’t made any campaign promises with 2012 in view, and precious few statements in the vein of “if I were the president.”
>> Man,we got more polls than Warsaw.
:-)
Part of Cain’s problem is that to my knowledge, the US has never elected a President with no government experiennce. That may or may not be a good thing, but I think people recognize that Cain doesn’t have a shot and are just jumping on the Perry bandwagon. I like Cain but I just can’t see getting invested in a losing candidacy.
I’m glad you are speaking common sense! These polls means nothing but that most people WERE not completely sold on the previous nominal frontrunners of Mitt and Bachmann.....it’s too early to declare anyone a winner or having solidified any major support. PERRY hasn’t even debated anyone nor has he been in a one on one interview with any major news organization.....this is all on expectations and HOPE that he is the one, so he has to meet and exceed expectations or he will fade away after all of the hype dies down! This nomination process is a marathon not a sprint and there are more mundane and dark days than happy go lucky easy going days in it. Mitt was the guy until now by some polls and a few weeks ago Bachmann was the leader and now Perry is the frontrunner and the lead position will change again after so many months with somebody else
Lookin’ good.
IMHO, Perry won’t fizzle. I’m not totally on board with his presidency, but he’s the most winnable candidate so far. I’ll vote for him if he’s the nominee. He’s so much better than McCain. We can make him conservative.
Perry = George “Liberal” Bush III
That is the most bizarre statement I've seen in a long time.
It isn’t. The pre chosen candidates were Romney, Daniels, and Huntsman. Perry is running against the desires of the dc insiders.
I visit democratic underground and dailykos, huffington post, salon and slate.
The left most definitely does not love Perry.
“I find it difficult to believe Bachmann went from 25% to 9% in a single month.”
Me too.
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