Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-13-11 06:19 AM
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Do Not let Rick Perry get up a head of steam!
The PTB will pull out all stops to put him in office. He is photogenic, folksy when necessary, and shrewd.
I was thinking this must mean 'Push The Bush' and wondered where I could sign up, but then to my disappointment realized the DUmmie meant 'Powers That Be.' Dangit.
I know his record is the pits. However, since when has anybody really looked at someone's real record and beyond the hype. He has to be tagged now with negatives that will stick to him. Perry is big, brash, and will make the other candidates look like the 7 dwarves.
Yeah, look what we got back in 2008.
In a debate with President Obama, he would be formidable in some ways. Obama certainly would run rings around him about policy and other technical matters. However, what people want is someone who will show some passion. Look for him to palinize the debate and avoid answering the questions. He will then use a bully pulpit.
Oh Gawd, stop, yer killin' me!
Perry will make up positives about his record if he has to. That's the modus operandi now for the right. Can he be countered with the real story and stopped short before his message overshadows his record?
Well, at least they'll be his own, instead of that ghost-written drivel that made Obama a millionaire.
He is a tea party favorite, but look for him to avoid discouraging them while appealing more to the middle. He will dogwhistle to the tea party and evangelical RW nuts. They will hear him and support him even if he appears to be off message a bit.
He doesn't really have to, if Obama is the other choice.
If you look at the 2008 election, there will be some key states that will have to be flipped back to the Republicans. NC and VA are two among others. Flip enough by hook or crook and there goes the electoral college.
Obama's done a pretty good job on that one for him already.
I don't think his nomination is a sure thing, but he already has the money.
It's his for the talking, unless he starts making Special Olympics jokes.
I'm not sure if he will be what the American people will vote for as a whole. However if enough people from the left to the independents are disgusted with all options, they may just not vote. Their attitude may be 'Why bother when it's fixed anyway?' or some variant of that.
Since it's fixed anyway, they'll vote whether they thought they were going to or not in a lot of our major cities and in the nursing homes and Indian reservations.
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don't know how or where it may come from, but somebody better get a passionate, coherent message out now and push it for all its worth. I keep hoping Obama will do that, but I don't know what will light his fire. He doesn't have to scream and act like a mad man, but he better show some real emotion that will connect with people. I promise you if he says he is 'pivoting towards jobs' one more time, people will stop listening. He's pivoted so much that he has gone in circles.
Passionate isn't your problem, it's that second thing that's the stumbling block.
He needs a direct, short, and understandable message that doesn't get bogged down in policy. The GOP would love for him to get stuck in a swamp of numbers. This is the type of political campaigning that he does not relish. Town halls are fine, but he has to grow and become bigger than life. Obama has to develop a very real presence of leadership that people can feel like they are touching. IMHO he doesn't have that aura now.
Wait, I thought he was the guy who was going to score all the points explaining his alleged policies?
Laugh at me and discount what I am saying at your peril. The political landscape has undergone seismic shifts since 2008. It has been as unpredictable and volatile as the weather we have had. I wouldn't want to bet the house on Obama winning unless he puts up a dogfight. Even then, we might find ourselves in Oz being governed by the man behind the curtain.
I'm willing to take that chance. Fortune favors the brave, and all that.
