About Us
Mission Statement
Rules of Conduct
 
Name:
Pswd:
Remember Me
Register
 

My Rambling Thoughts on the GOP Field
Author: wickedpam    Date: 10/05/2011 12:26:12

Michelle Bachman is done. Stick a fork in her, that campaign is done. In fact, they won’t even let her ring the bell on the crazy GOP Road to the White House train anymore. I think Cain may have elbowed his way to that job. Bachmann has done the unthinkable, her polling numbers are below that of Ron Paul’s (the Republican candidate who shall not be named or even looked at).



In a new CBS Poll Herman Cain is now in a tie, that’s right I said TIE, for first place with Mitt Romney.



CBS News Poll

... Cain's rise follows a flurry of positive media coverage for his upset victory over Perry in the Florida straw poll last month. The only African-American candidate in the GOP field, Cain has also been getting traction with GOP voters and conservative columnists with his 9-9-9 tax plan - a proposal to replace the current tax code with a nine percent flat income tax, a nine percent corporate tax and a nine percent national sales tax. ...


In that same poll, Cain is #1 with 22% among people who are “self described” conservatives, with Romney in the #2 position with 15%. I guess they don’t have a category for people so tightly laced they’d head’s may pop off.


Same article

...Yet Cain's strong showing comes as he embarks on a book tour that will keep him busy for much of October - a scheduling decision that has some wondering how serious he is about his presidential campaign. Cain is not scheduled to return to the first-in-the-nation state of Iowa until the middle of November, and he has seen significant staff shakeup, most recently losing his respected communications director - a sign that his staff may not see him as mounting a serious challenge for the nomination. ...


I’m sorry, what? If your staff doesn’t take you seriously as a possible nomination then why are you running? Oh that’s right – you have something to sell. So it would seem Mr. Cain is only running for president, a very serious job with great benefits and sometimes soul rendering tragedy’s, to make money. Much like Mr. Gingrich and Ms. Palin, who while isn’t running has used the American voter that has, however misguidedly put their trust in her, as a toddler plays with a toy then moves on to the box it came in.

And what about Rick Perry? He lost the 11 percentage points that Cain seems to find. But his campaign is ever optimistic that it’s all “fluid”. I suspect their right, he’ll probably get a bounce from one of the more extra crispy racists who see the hunting camp and his support of the use of Confederate symbols in Texas. Perry Supports Confederate Symbols

But let’s get back to Michele, our poor girl is still out there traveling an only slightly worn path in her red hood and basket of goodies, she's not straying from her message. She's is a True Believer in her message, I'll give her that. She’s still hoping to reach grandma’s house, calling herself "the comeback kid". Good luck Michele, you’ve got more than a couple of big bads to get past if you really want to face President Obama for the race in 2012.
 

11 comments (Latest Comment: 10/05/2011 17:44:17 by wickedpam)
   Perma Link

Share This!

Furl it!
Spurl
NewsVine
Reddit
Technorati

Add a Comment

Please login to add a comment...


Comments:

Order comments Newest to Oldest  Refresh Comments

Comment by Scoopster on 10/05/2011 13:29:43
Mornin' all..

Not starting that good here today. Woke up & started coughing again really hard, then noticed some blood mixed in with the phlegm. I haven't seen any more since, so it was probably just from coughing really damn hard, but that kinda freaked me out a bit so I'm goin' to see the doc this afternoon.

Comment by wickedpam on 10/05/2011 13:44:33
Morning

Blog is up, finally, please let me know if I left out words or misspelled anything - my fingers and keyboard and brain don't always mash up together


Scoop - that would freak me out too. Hope you feel better!

Comment by Raine on 10/05/2011 14:07:55
Good Morning all! Excellent blog, Mala!

Just a brief pop in for now, our internet is terribly slow here, and we are on our way o Charleston for the night. I'll check in later.

(Shaking my head at Cain, and Michelle, and the Rock star: Rick Perry.)

Comment by Mondobubba on 10/05/2011 14:15:00
Hello mon peeps.

Scoop: Ewww?

Mala: Spiffy blog!

Raine: Later!

Comment by wickedpam on 10/05/2011 14:16:43
Thanks guys

Have fun in Charleston!

Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/05/2011 14:44:30
Good morning, bloggers!! I hope that all is well.

Raine, check your Facebook messages for a tip on traveling to Hilton Head.

As for the GOP field, this year's selection is the weakest that I have seen in terms of experience and the ability to reach non-Republicans. When Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are strong candidates in this field, you have to realize that Bob Dole or either of the Bushes would have mopped the floor with them. (Hmm, maybe that is a good use for their abundant hair?)

Comment by livingonli on 10/05/2011 16:02:49
Good day everyone. Seems like everyone is just checking in for today's blog. I still have to figure out what I am going to write about for tomorrow but hopefully I will have some ideas by tonight.

Comment by wickedpam on 10/05/2011 16:08:48
Quote by livingonli:
Good day everyone. Seems like everyone is just checking in for today's blog. I still have to figure out what I am going to write about for tomorrow but hopefully I will have some ideas by tonight.



I'm sure you'll come up with something



Comment by livingonli on 10/05/2011 17:18:48
Listening to Thom debate the T. Boone Pickens guy shows how the righties are glued to the same script and do not want to acknowledge how inequality has grown under their policies.

Comment by TriSec on 10/05/2011 17:28:53
Greetings, comrades!

We've had a cave-in at the ol' salt mine today. I'm up for a breather, but will need to go back into the pit to keep digging.



Comment by wickedpam on 10/05/2011 17:44:17
OWS Gallery

Gawker's got a pretty good OWS pix