Disappointed by GOP Debate
John Podhoretz is disappointed:
Are debates about performance? If they are, Mitt Romney slaughtered Rick Perry last night at the Fox News/Google debate in Florida. But it’s not all about performance. It’s also about political character. And there the answer is more troubling for Romney.
First, give Romney his due: Running for president non-stop for nearly five years has conferred a confidence on him and a comfort with issues that has turned the colorless robot of 2008 into the old smoothie of 2011.
And Perry? Awful. Just awful. After the first half hour he seemed unable to speak a coherent sentence, even when he was carefully prepared — and he made a cringe-inducing bungle of a rehearsed soundbite about Romney’s flip-flopping.
Posted in Uncategorized.
– September 23, 2011
Huntsman Goes Off the Reservation
Jon Huntsman blazes a trail by saying why he trusts scientists on evolution and global warming, and by saying why he thought that Republicans flirting with debt ceiling default was a big mistake.
Posted in Huntsman.
– August 20, 2011
Palin’s Passion for Iowa
Karl Rove thinks Palin is going to run for President:
Rove was asked whether a Palin candidacy might operate from “a different playbook” — that is, one that does not touch the traditional bases in Iowa. “She thinks the normal rules don’t apply,” Rove said. “If you’re Sarah Palin, you just show up and the money comes and the organization comes and the people come.”
Posted in Palin.
– August 20, 2011
Pawlenty’s American Comeback Plan
Update: Pawlenty ain’t coming back.
Posted in Pawlenty, Uncategorized.
– August 13, 2011
Perry to Announce Candidacy Saturday
Rick Perry to Announce Candidacy for President Saturday.
Posted in Perry.
– August 12, 2011
