If already he’s nothing but an “also ran”, why do you bother?
And the writers would be wasting everyone’s time.
Perry isn’t wrong about trying to build a 1200 mile fence along the Texas Mexico border. Just because some ill-informed say it, doesn’t make it so.
The Perry policy is that fencing makes sense in some urban areas where it can be closely monitored and quickly accessed by border patrol. It’s the continuous fence across hundreds of miles of no mans land he called nonsensical.
For that area he proposed other assets be used, including military and technical. And quick strike teams if and when needed.
Your little picture is something we don’t need to see in order to know it’s happening...we’re experts on the problem here in Texas. It’s the solutions and they start and end with the Federal Govenment that we need to focus on.
Whoever wrote this...who do they support for President? Do they support Sarah Palin whether she runs or not? I know, I have to chuckle at my own joke. But it’s not so funny, come to think...
Again, they say he’s no threat because he said what too many GOP didn’t want to hear. Yet they write an article about it and you post it.
I just saw where Cain endorsed Romney in 2008.
There’s your ticket...Romney Cain.
Oh joy.
I am sure you'll agree that while we would all love a 30ft high, impenetrable fence along our southern border, people forget about the river. The fed gov doesn't own the land along the banks of the river -- private citizens do. And they have water rights to it, and I assume they use that water for their livestock, etc.
If we were to build a fence along the US side of the river, it would require the biggest eminent domain land grab in the history of this country.
The wall works in Israel because there is a military infrastructure stationed there to monitor and enforce it. Until our country regards our border as a national security weakness and sets up troops to defend it, the wall , or the lack of a wall, is irrelevant.
Wow one of only afew common-sense responses. I wonder why folks can’t understand that when Perry says, “A fence without observation isn’t an impediment”. Folks seem bound and determioned to give Romney the nod, then they’ll scream that we have a true RINO as our only choice. Perry’s not my top pick, but I think it’s stupid to trash him unless we have a super candidate sitting at the top; until then we need to keep all potential contenders available until we are sure Romney won’t be the “one”.
I just saw where Cain endorsed Romney in 2008. There’s your ticket...Romney Cain. Oh joy.
Cain also just said that he could not support a Perry Presidency but that he WOULD support a Mitt Romney Presidency.
Can you say, "Stalking Horse"?
Some conservatives are being played like a cheap fiddle.
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Herman Cain in 2011
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Herman Cain in 2008
Romney has the leadership qualities United States needs,
By HERMAN CAIN
Published on: 02/03/08
The dynamics of political party connections, the political process itself and public perceptions have once again yielded the top two contenders of each major party in the 2008 presidential race. And once again, the public can only hope that the ultimate winner of the White House will be a candidate with the most leadership substance.
My vote is for Mitt Romney.
History is important, but the future is more important. The success of this country in the future will be shaped by the leadership abilities of the next president.
Our success will not be based on pandering to uninformed voters, promising emotional quick fixes over common sense or nitpicking of opponents' past records. Success will come from focusing on the right problems and solving them. That will mean making tough decisions about some problems that have been with us for decades. It will also mean taking a tough stand on new problems and challenges.
That's what leaders do.
Mitt Romney has done that as a chief executive officer in business, as a governor and as head of the U.S. Olympics. He has done so while balancing political consequences but not compromising fundamental principles of the founding of this country or free-market economics. We have prospered as a nation by strengthening those principles; we will not remain strong if we allow those principles to become diluted with a lack of leadership.
Anyone who wishes to find a reason not to vote for Romney can find one. But the reasons to vote for him are far more compelling. He has successfully managed a real business with other people's money and some of his own. He has balanced budgets. He successfully led a turnaround situation with the Olympics. And he has spent more of his career outside government than inside.
On the other hand, John McCain has spent more of his career inside government than outside, and the reasons not to vote for him as the Republican nominee are very compelling.
He voted against letting people keep more of their money in 2001 and 2003 when President Bush pushed through his tax cuts. He has been part of the escalation of the federal debt during his 20-plus years in the U.S. Senate. He showed questionable leadership on a failed immigration bill. And he showed no leadership by failing to support the president's efforts to establish personal retirement accounts — a proposal that would have started to fix the coming financial train wreck in the Social Security system.
That's not leadership.
I do not question the character, integrity or sincerity of either Mitt Romney or John McCain, nor do I question their desire to do what's best for the country. I do not worry that they would fan the flames of social and religious differences. My focus is on their prospective leadership relative to national security, the economy, federal spending, free-market health care solutions and the elimination of dysfunctional programs.
Mitt Romney's history is more indicative of the substance needed to make major progress on critical issues, and not just to make more politically palatable incremental changes in Washington.
Media momentum and campaign funding aside, there are several other Republican candidates who would not cause me to worry about our grandchildren's future. The two leading Democratic presidential candidates, however, cause me great concern because of their severe lack of leadership substance and their policy proposals.
This is despite Barack Obama's appeal and strong public perception but entirely consistent with Hillary Clinton's self-proclaimed but quite invisible experience.
Great leaders are born, and good leaders keep working on it. We are not favored with an obvious great leader in the 2008 race, as is apparent from the primary process and the results thus far.
But Mitt Romney's leadership credentials offer the best hope of a leader with substance, and the best hope for a good president who could turn out to be great.