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2011-12-03 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Bobby 2011-12-03 08:22|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 IMO, the only qualified candidate (successful governor) is Rick Perry. Too bad he's a doer not a talker.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-03 09:22|| 2011-12-03 09:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Second for Perry.

Romney is a train wreck.

Posted by Iblis 2011-12-03 11:01|| 2011-12-03 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Keep in mind that this is George Will AND the Washington Post.

Consider the source...

Posted by tipover 2011-12-03 11:58|| 2011-12-03 11:58|| Front Page Top

#4 (disclosure: my wife, Mari Will, advises Rick Perry)

That is all you need to know.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2011-12-03 12:10|| 2011-12-03 12:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Who gives a, er, hoot, what George Will thinks? He's a cranky old man who hasn't written a good column in years.

Yes, Gingrich and Romney are both too risky: either could beat Obama in November.

Posted by Steve White 2011-12-03 12:53|| 2011-12-03 12:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, Gingrich and Romney are both too risky: either could beat Obama in November.

That was the first thing I thought when I first saw the headline.

Perry-Gingrich or Gingrich-Perry. Either way it's gotta be better than what we have now.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2011-12-03 13:43|| 2011-12-03 13:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Those dimwits make Obama look like Abe Lincoln...

Posted by Van Der Graf 2011-12-03 14:48|| 2011-12-03 14:48|| Front Page Top

#8 But both are too risky to anoint today.

Too risky to anoint? We are electing a president not anointing a saint.

There are often times, I find Will bristly, cranky, and full of his own opinions.

Perry has been up and now down. Huntsman, never got up. However, both have had good executive experience. Any of the four would be better than the Vacationer-in-Chief. Will did not mention Bachman or Santorum.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-12-03 16:39|| 2011-12-03 16:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Will was good debating liberals on tv once upon a time. Now he is best when he writes about baseball.

Posted by Rjschwarz 2011-12-03 17:38|| 2011-12-03 17:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Gingrich has zero executive experience. We have not fared well with such presidents in the past.

Posted by lotp 2011-12-03 19:03|| 2011-12-03 19:03|| Front Page Top

#11 We have not fared well with such presidents in the past.

Especially if they haven't formed one coherent opinion.

Posted by gorb 2011-12-03 19:17|| 2011-12-03 19:17|| Front Page Top

#12 Gingrich was Speaker, I'd think that would count.

Obama's team would have a tricky time I think using a lack of experience as a campaign point seeing how his executive experience had to do with 9 holes and short fairways.

To be fair Obama has formed opinions - police act stupidly by default, he says he bowls like a retard, and most importantly does not feel he has to explain his actions or opinions to the public.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-12-03 20:38|| 2011-12-03 20:38|| Front Page Top

#13 I gotta agree with the original article here, I think Perry's probably the best choice, poor debate performance and all.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-12-03 21:01|| 2011-12-03 21:01|| Front Page Top

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