For anyone who thinks that wanting Perry to be the Repub. nominee is the same as

[jenmito]

Carter wanting Reagan to win the nomination, there's no comparison. Reagan was an actor-at least he could memorize lines. The last debate showed Perry can't even do THAT-even with notes to fall back on. I REALLY hope Perry is their nominee.

[asjr]

1. I would not be surprised if the

Republican heads don't have a dark horse stashed somewhere taking lessons in running for president.

[Chan790]

2. ?

[RBInMaine]

4. Let Christie run. He has already called the TeaNuts "Crazy" over his Muslim judge pick. He's toast

in TeaNutLand. And a guy who has only been a governor for less than two years? Bring him on.

[Chan790]

9. Oh don't underestimate him...

I crossed the Hudson to volunteer against Christie when he was running for NJ Governor while I was living in Yonkers. He might be a boorish asshole who says abrasive things and has extreme policy positions, seems cruelhearted and called the tea-nuts crazy...and all of that works against him...but he is a very likable charismatic candidate in person and it makes him dangerous too. He connects with people in-person in a way that does not come through non-live.

I had people saying to me "I don't know how he won." and all I could respond was "That's because you've never met him."

[roguevalley]

12. He will die of a heart attack from his obesity. he already was

hospitalized recently.

[roguevalley]

11. could be.

[trueblue2007]

18. i hope.... somehow SARAH the Moron gets the nomination

[Major Hogwash]

3. Pay attention jen . . .

The MSM was out bashing Perry all day long on Friday.
They are going to push for a Romney ticket.
Rick is out, Mitt is in.

[RBInMaine]

5. WAY TOO EARLY to make any such predictions. Perry is much stronger in their TeaNut base.

[Major Hogwash]

8. Maybe for you it seems too early, but I don't live in Maine.

I live in Idaho, a much more Republican state, and when almost every pundit goes on teevee and says Perry sucks at debates and Romney looks "presidential", there is a reason for it -- it's true.

Mitt has been running for President for 6 years, he has a huge advantage over all of the other wannabes.
Case closed.

[RBInMaine]

6. He could memorize until the Alzheimer's kicked in, which was about year 2.

[Tiggeroshii]

7. Cain would be the best

He'd be like Obama's next Allan Keyes.

Now if he can just eek it out...

[jenmito]

14. That's what I said to my husband tonight! n/t

[Sirveri]

10. And Bush could never win against Al Gore because Bush was a moron!

Oh wait...

Whoever gets the repub ticket is the most likely person to unseat Obama, and the election is quite a while away.

[HomerRamone]

13. With Citizens United, voter suppression, and above all, unverifiable computerized "voting"

ANYONE can "win" against the Dems

[jenmito]

15. Obama is a much better campaigner than Gore was. n/t

[Marsala]

16. Perry has proven himself to be unelectable in the general

But that makes him so bad that he's less likely to win the primaries.

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. I agree. Perry comes off as way, way out of the mainstream. But the fact remains - when the economy

is perceived as down - the incumbent president almost always losses. There have been exceptions and Gov. Perry offers a better opportunity to create such an exception to the normal pattern than Gov. Romney. But Perry is so crazy and so dangerous - I would actually fear the risk.