Rick Perry’s new economic plan won’t revive his campaign

WaPo ^ | 10/25/2011 | Ed Rogers

[South40]

The best thing that can be said about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s economic plan and its Tuesday rollout speech is that before now, he didn’t have a plan, and now he does. He can check that box. There wasn’t anything wrong with it, and, as a good Republican, I support everything he said. The problem is, we have supported it all before. Our voters want and appreciate creativity. This didn’t offer much in the way of anything new. This program is Steve Forbes-lite. But it is what it is. Now he has to stick with it. “Cut, Balance, and Grow” is a good slogan, but this plan will only be a net plus for Perry if, over the next few weeks, he can recall and defend the details on live TV with smart, semi-hostile reporters asking the questions.

From behind the podium, Perry looks great. He looks so much like a Hollywood-produced president, he makes Mitt Romney look grunge. But Perry’s speaking style Tuesday was not reassuring. He appeared to wander at times, and he had the occasional aside that didn’t fit the speech very well. I couldn’t tell if he was using a teleprompter. If he wasn’t, he needs one. If he was, he needs to practice with it.

[South40]

pandering perry ping

[thoolou]

Well, the WaPo said it, it must be true. /s

[Reagan69]

His wife wants to live in the White House, he doesn’t.

That and, HE CAN’T DEBATE !

[mylife]

Hmmm...

Rush and Mark Levin seem intrigued.

[digital-olive]

(R) Romney, Texas: is not doing so well.

[pogo101]

Sounds like a WaPo liberal writing a headline he HOPES is NOT true (although some of his critiques sound accurate, as to Perry’s continuing, mysterious lack of polish). If Perry weren’t soaking wet on immigration and were showing more debating skills, he’d be a prohibitive favorite against Obama.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I’m pretty sure Mr. Cain understands his own plan. Not sure the same can be said of Perry.

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[GeronL]

lol.

Quick lets steal....err.... borrow someone’s plan!

Any plan is better than what we got, of course.

[mylife]

Perry spoke of the flat tax long ago.
He wrote about it in his book “Fed Up”

He didn’t just jump on the bandwagon to usurp Cain.

[Allegra]

Ahh....yer just a Perry-Krishna. ;-)

[newzjunkey]

he can recall and defend the details on live TV with smart, semi-hostile reporters asking the questions.

Where are they finding smart reporters?

[Hugin]

Perry chose to borrow a pretty good existing plan. Cain decided to borrow from several, and cobbled together a horrible plan, complete with BOTH an income and sales tax, and Reparation Zones.

[mylife]

Doh!!

[GeronL]

he’s already distanced himself from some of the stuff in the book, lol.

[Uri’el-2012]

His flat tax is optional.

This guy is a joke.

[LS]

Nonsense. When he's weak, as in debates, I've said so. The plan is solid, and as Rush said today, we have two radical plans that would stimulate growth on the table . . . compared to the garbage the WaPo offers up.

Any one of the conservative Republicans, including Perry, would be eons better than the obscenity that is in the White House now.

[mylife]

Like Cain distanced himself from that naggerhead thing?

“I’m done with that”

[GeronL]

Cain needs to say he’d sign a real flat tax if Congress sent it to him.