by Mr. Perfect » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:26 am
Well I have to say that I will give R Perry a C+ out of the gate. He certainly did not take himself out of it, but I will say he could have done better.
My assessment is that I like his statements on entitlements, GM, and I would trust him with Supreme Court picks. He needs to be a little more upbeat and his alpha male gesturing was rather uncomfortable, you can't force that stuff. I think the HPV thing is unfair, he admitted it was a mistake. Everybody talks about how politicians should admit their mistakes but never forgive them when they do. Oh well.
Eg, I DO NOT trust Romney on Supreme Court picks. At all. For me the difference may come down to that issue. Or if the TSA grope thing comes up. I could vote for Satan on that.
So I still pick Ron Paul #1, Perry probably 2nd although lower, Romney 3rd. I think Ron P still has a chance, it's about getting lucky on the back 9 Sunday afternoon. Perry and Romney could do each other a lot of damage with Paul as the beneficiary. A late entrance of Palin could do the same thing. Palin/Romney/Perry could split that bunch by 3 with Paul getting a plurality since he won't lose any support to Palin or the other two.
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