Rasmussen has Rick Perry, who has spent roughly the length of an Obama lunch break campaigning, up 11 points on Romney. This is apparently a Gamechanger! moment, according to the media sources whose promos declare “The Coverage You Can Depend On” while a news chopper circles a glass tower.
That Perry has jumped to the lead, with Bachmann in the neighborhood, constitutes surprising news only to the remaining members of our political class.
Perry is in the lead because he appears to be the most conservative GOP candidate. For the duration of the 2012 campaign — should Marco Rubio or Paul Ryan opt in, and one of them will — and looking backwards even to Trump, the candidate perceived as the most solid conservative (Trump wasn’t, of course) has and will spend some time as the frontrunner.
I wrote the following back on March 21, and I’m reposting it here not because I claim to have some preternatural ability to divine the will of the country, but precisely the opposite: this is a pie-in-the-face obvious observation and the majority of Americans not named F. Chuck Todd have already made it:
The self-evident truth regarding running as a conservative — an identity which overwhelmingly comprises America’s biggest voting bloc — is that conservatives do not care who wins the GOP nomination. They are happy; they are self-sufficient and will fight on their own. If the party gets onboard with the base, good for the party, but the base is aboard with the Constitution first and the GOP second or never.
This has been evident since the Founders; this was demonstrated truth during the 2010 elections. How can you not know this yet?
We want statesmen, not Miramax thugging around for Best Picture. We truly don’t concern ourselves with who you are, your face, your alliances, what state you were raised in. We don’t care about your name. Seriously — don’t even tell us your name. We want John Doe, the vessel of Constitutional originalism, who understands natural rights are the way of nature and not the Founders’ trendy theory, and that natural rights are most threatened now by a weak border, Islamism and Communism, and — above all — the biggest government to ever exist, and that’s what he’s going to spend the next four years working on, and eight if we so honor him.
We’re begging for truth, not Rovian theory. Be American, or keep diddling and lose the West.
It should also be noted that the best candidate will likely also be the candidate most hated by those inside the beltway and the media.
Crooks hate an honest cop.
“We truly don’t concern ourselves with who you are, your face, your alliances, what state you were raised in. We don’t care about your name. Seriously — don’t even tell us your name. We want John Doe, the vessel of Constitutional originalism, who understands natural rights are the way of nature and not the Founders’ trendy theory, and that natural rights are most threatened now by a weak border, Islamism and Communism, and — above all — the biggest government to ever exist, and that’s what he’s going to spend the next four years working on, and eight if we so honor him.”
Wow. You get a gold star David.
No, you get two. You are correct. If a “vessel of constitutional originalism” were to appear on the political stage they would sweep into office with the biggest landslide since George Washington.
Watch out for the Obama zombies & the McCain Republicans (including Romney) to put out their fangs on the guy to try to take him out. Perry has the chops the withstand the onslaught & fight back. He’s merciless on Obama’s broken policies & that’s what is needed.
Thanks for the good news. The political class from both parties will attack anyone who is not an insider, so Perry and any other non-RINO, non-big government person will be hacked to pieces, just as Gov. Palin has been. Perry was attacked continually during last year’s election by the press, and his proven-to-be-corrupt opponent was given free ads masquerading as news. Even my local Fox station participated; they failed but will the national press? The next 15 months should be interesting.
The best candidate would be nice.
But I’ll settle for one who can beat Obama, even if there are 50 better.
Principles won’t buy a loaf of bread if Little Lenin wins again.
Amen.
” conservative — an identity which overwhelmingly comprises America’s biggest voting bloc”
Was this true in 2008? If so how did Obama get elected?
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” conservative — an identity which overwhelmingly comprises America’s biggest voting bloc”
Was this true in 2008? If so how did Obama get elected?
Easy; He Lied!
Conservatives stayed home in 2008.
My thinking was 1) Send the RINO’s a message, 2) Let a far-left nut-job (Obama) get elected and teach the country what liberalism is all about….admitedly not the most elegent plan. But you have to through a Carter to get a Reagan.
Hate to be a wet blanket – but this is just the beginning of a long slog to the nomination. Remember how in 2008 Giuliani was at the head of the pack, and where did he end up? Don’t get me wrong; I think Perry is the strongest Republican candidate because of job growth in Texas, but I realize that others might not think so.
["We’re begging for truth..."]
I think thats great! Now maybe we can get to the truth of who ‘owns’ Gov. Perry. Every politician except for one serving (Rep. Paul), is bought and paid for by some special interest groups…ESPECIALLY, Texas politicians!
Who owns Perry?
I’m betting that is not the kind of ‘truth’ you’re seeking!
Or, put another way…
We see two types of Republicans out there;
1) Republicans who want to elect Republicans for the Sole Purpose of Electing Republicans
and
2) Republicans who want to elect Republicans for the purpose of Accomplishing Something.
Type 1 Republicans gave us Jim Jeffords and Arlen Spectre. They told us ‘Now is not the time’ because somehow it never is. They told us 3rd parties are wrong, work from within the party to change the party, but NOT NOW!
Type 2 Republicans gave us the Tea Party, and the 2010 Landslide Victory.
Unfortunatly Boehner didn’t get the Memo. Because rather than trying to accomplish anything he’s going through the motions in hopes of Not Loosing. No one said anything about Pro Rating the 100 billion dollar promise in September of October of 2010. They said 100 Billion In Cuts.
But when it came time to actually cut?
100 Billion wasn’t even on their Radar Screen.
So they proposed 60 billion in cuts and sent it over to the Senate. Only a Night Janitor working on the sixth floor of a building in St. Petersburg Russia didn’t know that the democrats in the senate were going to rip those cuts to shreds and give you approximately one half of what you were asking for.
Why didn’t Boehner go into those negotiations with 350 Billion in cuts on the table so he could negotiate down to 100 billion?
Because he didn’t WANT to cut 100 billion.
The Tea Party is feeling Betrayed even moreso now after the Debt Cieling ‘Deal’ and they are looking for someone who MEANS What They Say!
No Vision, No Backbone Romney isn’t that person and never will be.
We’re headed South and want a course change to North, not South South East.
We The People vs. We The Elite People. This is what 2012 Elections are about.
We The Elite People, RNC, DNC and MSM will unite behind the one candidate (as they did with Mr. Obama) to foist this “front runner” on to the Electorate.
Of course, this “front runner” must agree to abaide by We The Elite People guiding principles designed to maintain Washington DC’s well oiled “earmark,”
buddy system, interlocking politico-business relationships intact.
A “Debt Crisis,” according to We The Elite People’s way of thinking is merely We The People’s burden to bare.
2012 is a true test of finding the one candidate who truly esposes our US Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence. These three documents alone serve as the litmus test any candidate must successfully pass.
It’s Country, not Party. It’s America, not Washington DC. It’s We The People, not “how things work around here.”
Honesty is the best policy. Vote this 2012 election because massive fraud as never before seen in the USA is being organized by:
1) Holder and the DOJ
2) Legislative changes to the Electoral process by the National Popular Vote Movement.
3) Social Service political organizations operating extra electorally, but capable of changing an election’s outcome by registering legal, illegal and deceased voters.
This 2012 election has a “full court press” being orchestrated by our government in Washington DC. Mr. Obama and his “jobs bus tour” is designed to garner “pity” for his “Honest Abe” attempt at “moving the Country ahead.” It’s We The Elite People’s way of snubbing their noses at We The People by saying THEY know better than We The People.
VOTE!!!Massive fraud is on its way. The Wisconsin August 2011 Election is a “wake-up” call!!! God Bless America.
Herman Cain is the best choice for President. A true conservative with real experience and accomplishments (not just winning political races).
Most of all, he is not a politician, just somebody who gets things done.
Slick Rick Perry is a D student who is Tax Raising, Amnesty Loving, Big Governmnet RINO.
Perry has done nothing for Texas. The office of Texas Governor is weak and has very few responsibilities (the light weight Bachmann has more responsibility…and she is probably the weakest in the current field in regards to experience).
Unlike all other states, Texas is lead by its legislature (as it should be), not at all through the Governor’s office.
What Perry has managed to do is:
1. Raise Taxes billions of dollars on businesses and consumers
2. Executed health mandates against the will of the legislature and the people of Texas
3. Forced the citizens of Texas to pay for the college education of illegal immigrants
4. Engaged in the abusive use of eminent domain
5. Attempted to sell Texas roads to foreign interests
6. Pro Amnesty (in the recent campaign cycle he has taken to reversing this stance as the Tea Party has become more of a threat to him than the Hispanic caucus)
7. Engaged in wide scale cronyism by signing contracts for Texas projects to companies that give him campaign cash or for which is his former staff now work.
8. Misused the resources of Texas by having sizable security details travel with him at all times (abnormal for a governor)…even on foreign trips…all at the expense of Texas taxpayers.
9. Misused (i.e. stole) Texas taxpayer money by spending $700k on housing over a 2 year period.