Today, the Majority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives threw his weight behind Mitt Romney:
D.J. Bettencourt, the outspoken conservative majority leader in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, has decided to endorse Mitt Romney as the candidate who has “the absolute best chance at winning back the White House.”
Continue Reading“My criteria, from the very beginning, was to select a candidate who was the most conservative candidate, who gave us the absolute best chance at winning back the White House. And I came to the conclusion that that was Gov. Romney,” Bettencourt told POLITICO. “I was very much attracted to his executive experience, both as governor of Massachusetts and running the Olympics.”
The 27-year-old Bettencourt is a prominent face in the younger generation of New Hampshire GOP leaders. His endorsement could help Romney shore up support on the right in a state where he is already strong.
Bettencourt had warm words for Romney’s chief Republican rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, but said he ultimately felt Romney was a better fit for both the political moment and the responsibilities of the presidency.
…Bettencourt said he doesn’t believe there’s “any question” that Romney remains the prohibitive favorite in the Granite State.
If you read the rest of the Politico article, you’ll see Bettencourt defend Romney’s gubernatorial record as “plenty conservative”.
While this doesn’t necessarily represent groundbreaking news, it does suggest that Mitt maintains strong establishment support in New Hampshire. Furthermore, Bettencourt’s conservative credentials will help bolster Romney’s support among the base in the state.
As many have discussed ad nauseum, Romney needs a decisive victory in New Hampshire to ward off Rick Perry or whoever else becomes his top challenger by the time of the state’s primary.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:24 pm
barring a major shift, Romney is a lock for New Hampshire. The question is what happens in Iowa. I see three possible scenarios
Scenario 1:
Perry takes Iowa, Romney comes in 2nd, Bachmann 3rd (say goodbye to Bachmann)
Scenario 2:
Bachmann takes Iowa, Romney comes in 2nd, and Perry comes in third (say goodbye to Perry)
Scenario 3:
Bachmann and Perry cancel each other out, and Romney comes in first (Romney rolls to the nomination)
September 1st, 2011 at 9:27 pm
He’s going to need more than that. Especially if Perry takes Iowa…which is very possible now that Bachmann is nationally down to 4.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:28 pm
RCP Average 8/4 – 8/23 19.7 19.3 19.0 12.3 – 5.3 5.3 4.5 2.0 Bachmann +0.4
Magellan Strategies (R) 8/22 – 8/23 22 19 24 9 – 4 6 4 1 Perry +2
PPP (D) 8/19 – 8/21 15 18 21 12 10 7 6 5 3 Perry +3
Rasmussen Reports 8/4 – 8/4 22 21 12 16 – 5 4 – 2 Bachmann +1
From real clear politics.
The average has Romney, Perry, and Bachmann neck and neck. This of course discounts organization which we all know Romney has, don’t know about the others. I have to believe right now, Bachmann’s organization is a lot better than Perry’s. Organization can account for several percentage points.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:30 pm
# Sojourner Truth Says:
He’s going to need more than that. Especially if Perry takes Iowa…which is very possible now that Bachmann is nationally down to 4.
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Who cares what Bachmann is nationally, Iowa voters don’t pay attention to national polls, otherwise Huckabee would have lost badly in 2008. If Perry doesn’t pay attention to Iowa, is a goner. Romney has New Hampshire to fall back on, with the possibility of winning Iowa.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Trends are far more important than averages. That Rasmussen poll was before Perry entered the race and a Perry internal poll had him up seven last week.
If Bachmann is really down to mid single digits that will filter through to some degree in Iowa.
Bachmann’s organization was barely enought to beat the Paulites in the Ames Straw Poll.
Perry’s got to feel good where he is right now.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:32 pm
If Bachmann’s national numbers are cut in half…that’s going to disproportionately affect her Iowa numbers, because she was higher in Iowa originally.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:34 pm
# Sojourner Truth Says:
September 1st, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Perry’s got to feel good where he is right now.
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So did Rudy and Fred Thompson who where way ahead in 2008 at this time. See what happen to them!
Perry is apparently betting on SC like Fred Thompson and will probably get the same results.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:35 pm
# Sojourner Truth Says:
If Bachmann’s national numbers are cut in half…that’s going to disproportionately affect her Iowa numbers, because she was higher in Iowa originally.
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In 2008, Huckabee’s numbers where half of the rest of the field, and he won Iowa. So you logic is fatally flawed.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:37 pm
thunder,
In 2008 – Huckabee’s numbers didn’t max out in August and then cut themselves in half before the caucus.
So YOUR logic is totally flawed.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:42 pm
# Sojourner Truth Says:
September 1st, 2011 at 9:37 pm
thunder,
In 2008 – Huckabee’s numbers didn’t max out in August and then cut themselves in half before the caucus.
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And your assuming that Bachmann has maxed out??? Or Romney??
But of course, Perry is not maxed out because that doesn’t match your premise.
Sorry, your logic is still flawed.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:45 pm
If somehow Romney won Iowa and then New Hampshire, the race still isn’t over. Remember, win take all doesn’t happen until April. If Perry wins SC, Romney wins Nevada, Florida comes around the bend. What happens if either win Florida by a point or 2. The race won’t be over. Perry won’t back out. Romney won’t back down either. See, this could be a long process, especially if others take a decent portion of the delegates.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:45 pm
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September 1st, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Dude – I am going by polls.
Like I said in #6 – Bachmann is DOWN to 4 nationally. That WILL impact her WHERE she had prior support.
Romney is DOWN nationally.
Perry has CLIMBED at both of their expense.
Neither one of us has a crystal ball – but we CAN look at current polling AND TRENDS.
So yeah, like I said before your tantrum, Perry’s got to feel good about where he is now.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Steven S Says:
September 1st, 2011 at 9:45 pm
If somehow Romney won Iowa and then New Hampshire, the race still isn’t over. Remember, win take all doesn’t happen until April. If Perry wins SC, Romney wins Nevada, Florida comes around the bend. What happens if either win Florida by a point or 2. The race won’t be over. Perry won’t back out. Romney won’t back down either. See, this could be a long process, especially if others take a decent portion of the delegates
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You forget about the Rudy slide. He wanted until Florida to make a fight of it and by that it was over. Perry can’t wait until SC to win a contest because Romney will be viewed an inevitable. Sure, he could try a Huckabee, but that didn’t get Huckabee very far either and he won Iowa.
if, and its a big if, Romney wins Iowa, and New Hampshire, he is likely to win Nevada, Florida, Arizona, and Michigan. Arizona and Michigan may go ahead of SC, we don’t know yet. But the more a candidate fails to win a state the more his support tends to slide.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:51 pm
I can see a scenario where Perry drops back into the teens nationally and Romney dropping too. 2 weeks from now, we could see a poll like this:
Chris Christie 26
Rick Perry 18
Mitt Romney 12
Ron Paul 10
Rick Santorum 7
Michelle Bachmann 3
Herman Cain 2
Jon Huntsman Jr. 2
September 1st, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Watch this video PlEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbgl4MeG-DU&feature=channel_video_title
September 1st, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I can see Romney lose South Carolina even winning the first 2 states. Remember, Romney is weakest in South region. Perry is strongest.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:54 pm
This endorsement helps Mitt in that Huntsman just declared he was going to win New Hampshire. It’s fairly safe to say that Jon is out of the race unless he finishes at least a strong second there. The stronger Mitt gets in the state, the less time, effort, and money he will have to spend later protecting his turf.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:55 pm
This could be 4 weeks later:
Sarah Palin 22
Chris Christie 16
Rick Perry 13
Ron Paul 12
Mitt Romney 10
Rick Santorum 9
Michelle Bachmann 2
Huntsman Jr. 2
September 1st, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Rick Perry got an endorsement from NH today too.
John Steven, last year’s GOP nominee for governor.
Perry also has the support of former US senator Gordon Humphrey and former US rep. Chuck Douglas.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62444.html
September 1st, 2011 at 9:56 pm
# Sojourner Truth Says:
September 1st, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Neither one of us has a crystal ball – but we CAN look at current polling AND TRENDS.
So yeah, like I said before your tantrum, Perry’s got to feel good about where he is now.
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First, it wasn’t my tantrum it was yours.
However, you can’t disregard political history. History is full of guys who where leading in August and never got near the nomination. I don’t say Romney is a lock for the nomination, but certainly neither is Perry.
Perry however has to show he belongs in the top tier by winning an early state. National polls are not going to carry him. Voters tend to jump on a band wagon of the guy who has won prior states. Ask Rudy.
Perry and Bachmann both need Iowa, and need it badly…. If Perry is able to knock Bachmann down significant enough he is likely to win Iowa, but Bachmann is no showing signs of giving up, and unless there are enough significant polls show Perry way ahead in Iowa, he is likley to lose. Perry also must put some kind of ground game together to win Iowa. That is where Huckabee was very successful and had the right idea. Huckabee put it all on Iowa and it paid off for him and it eliminated a lot of his competition for the Evangelical voter base.
Fred Thompson made the mistake of waiting until SC to make a stand and he lost (unfortunately for Huckabee, Fred Thompson also probable cost Huckabee the win in SC).
September 1st, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Christie is NOT getting in, and Sarah’s scheduling her trip to South Korea is a sure-fire tip-off that she’s not getting in either.
The field is set.
September 1st, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Whew. And I privately worried Romney was peaking too soon. Rick Perry just might be peaking too soon…ya think?
September 1st, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Old men like me have to go to bed early, I will check back later.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Steven, are you new to this primary thing? It’s about creating momentum by winning early states. Those early wins boost poll numbers is later primaries. Hence McCain won SC after winning NH, even though Huckabee was expected to win SC after he won Iowa.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Perry has even come close to reaching his peak.
Stay tuned, folks. It’s going to be a slaughter.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:04 pm
*hasn’t
September 1st, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Perry picks up another home court debate today..
September 1st, 2011 at 10:08 pm
#26. LOL! Funny. You should change your name to “Wishful Guy for Perry/Bachmann”
September 1st, 2011 at 10:10 pm
And so it begins….the sleeze will be seen….and eventually, when all the other stories about the Pay to Play Gov in Texas come to light…down he will go.
http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-perry-sought-sideline-nuclear-waste-critic-185732477.html
September 1st, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Sure. And what I said was that Perry has to feel good about where he is.
And who suggested that national numbers are enough? Perry has lead in Iowa in the PPP Poll, the Magellan Poll, the We Ask America Poll and an internal Perry PAC poll. Those were the last four polls – and plenty to suggest that Perry isn’t relying on a national lead.
He’s 4 out of the last 4. The idea that he needs to be way ahead is….your opinion.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Perry will decisively win in IA, SC, and FL. That’s a given.
And don’t rule out NH — if Huntsman and Romney, the moderates cancel each other out allowing the conservatve/tea party overwhelming consensus favorite, Perry to win New Hampshire by three.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:12 pm
By the way, if Perry’s 3rd quarter (first for him) fundraising numbers pale compared to Romney’s, expect people to stop taking him seriously. And Craig, how can you be soooo passionate about Perry’s prospects if you’ve never seen him in any of these debates? Michelle’s going to claw his eyes out…he’s going to take a beating.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:13 pm
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/09/insiders-gop-wo.php
You think these folks know a little something about campaigns and politics?
September 1st, 2011 at 10:15 pm
#30. Don’t bother sharing it with Craig, he doesn’t care. Just like those who voted for Obama.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:16 pm
#32. LOLOLOL! I didn’t realize you were THAT delusional! Florida is a “given” for Perry?? Romney’s dominating there…?????
September 1st, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Romney grasping for any tea party love he can get after ignoring them for years and years …ummm… good luck with that.
Tea Party Express surprised by Romney’s request
September 1st, 2011 at 10:25 pm
INTRADE TOP THREE:
2012 Republican Presidential Nominee
2012.REP.NOM.PERRY
Rick Perry to be Republican
Presidential Nominee in 2012 M Trade 39.5
2012.REP.NOM.ROMNEY
Mitt Romney to be Republican
Presidential Nominee in 2012 M Trade 30.6
2012.REP.NOM.HUNTSMAN
Jon Huntsman to be Republican
Presidential Nominee in 2012 M Trade 7.0
September 1st, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Unfortunately Christie has been making moves that look like he’s gearing up for re-election in NJ, including calling for disaster aid from the feds and (I think) getting involved with another green issue in the recent past. These are not the moves that Christie would make if he had his eye on anything other than defeating Cory Booker. This is a shame because Christie is a good mix of red and blue cultural cues that would allow him to thread the needle between base and center. His toughness and working class demeanor will play with red voters, just as his Yankee status and accent and the fact that he is well educated would turn on blue voters. He’d have the firearms photo-op, but at a firing range along with law enforcement instead of donning a hunting rifle and an Elmer Fudd hat.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Wow, this endorsement clinches it for
RomneyPerry.September 1st, 2011 at 10:31 pm
INTRADE TOP FOUR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
2012 New Hampshire Primary (Republican)
NEW.HAMP.ROMNEY
Mitt Romney to win the 2012
New Hampshire Primary M Trade 48.9
NEW.HAMP.PERRY
Rick Perry to win the 2012
New Hampshire Primary M Trade 32.0
NEW.HAMP.PAUL(RON)
Ron Paul to win the 2012
New Hampshire Primary M Trade 12.0
NEW.HAMP.HUNTSMAN
Jon Huntsman to win the 2012
New Hampshire Primary M Trade 11.0
September 1st, 2011 at 10:33 pm
To do list. First item. Buy Perry contracts. Second item. Plan addition to the house based on the growth, prosperity, and entitlement reform, that a Perry Presidency will deliver.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:37 pm
INTRADE TOP FIVE IN IOWA
2012 Iowa Caucus (Republican)
IOWA.PERRY
Rick Perry to win the
2012 Iowa Caucus M Trade 53.7
IOWA.BACHMANN
Michele Bachmann to win the
2012 Iowa Caucus M Trade 20.0
IOWA.PALIN
Sarah Palin to win the
2012 Iowa Caucus M Trade 9.9
IOWA.PAUL(RON)
Ron Paul to win the
2012 Iowa Caucus M Trade 8.5
IOWA.ROMNEY
Mitt Romney to win the
2012 Iowa Caucus M Trade 7.1
September 1st, 2011 at 10:39 pm
I don’t think anyone needs to cancel anyone out. If Perry stays on message—jobs, growth, entitlement reform—NH will go Perry. And his polls could go up or down it doesn’t matter. If he stays on message he wins.
All politics aside, our economy is in desperate straights. For the first time in 3 decades our national productivity is in decline; we are failing to attract foreign capital–in fact, capital is flying off our shores. There will soon be another wave of bank failures because of Bernanke’s cheap money zero-interest rate for the next 2 years policy, which means peoples’ savings will be wiped out too. The candidate who can deliver a credible message of hope based on concrete facts on the ground, like job growth in Texas, wins. No other factor matters. No other factor counts.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:44 pm
INTRADE TOP FOUR IN SOUTH CAROLINA
2012 South Carolina Primary (Republican)
STH.CARO.PERRY
Rick Perry to win the
2012 South Carolina Primary M Trade 66.0
STH.CARO.BACHMANN
Michele Bachmann to win the
2012 South Carolina Primary M Trade 13.0
STH.CARO.PALIN
Sarah Palin to win the
2012 South Carolina Primary M Trade 13.0
STH.CARO.ROMNEY
Mitt Romney to win the
2012 South Carolina Primary M Trade 8.0
September 1st, 2011 at 10:45 pm
I dont want a message of hope…I want a message of competence and intellect.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:47 pm
I’d much prefer a message of results.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:52 pm
I agree..like having your state’s unemployment rate be under 5%. Like being able to make a very liberal house pass a health care plan that preserves the private sector drivers. Like having the best schools in the country. Results like that…me too. Me too
September 1st, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Yes, and this is precisely how people describe Mr. Obama, as a man of competence and intellect, and I think we’ve all had enough of that. What we need right now is results—to steal Truth’s apt rejoinder.
September 1st, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Yes, and thank you for bringing up RomneyCare, because I never get tired of talking about Romney’s only real achievement as an unremarkable 1-termer about a million years ago. RomneyCare fails to deliver on its 2 core goals of cost control and universal coverage–and it offers a public option, so taxpayers still pay for those who can’t pay which is the oft-heard and demonstrably false defense of RomneyCare, which became the policy basis of ObamaCare only ObamaCare is less progressive because it has no public option. RomneyCare is a progressive solution in the form of an entitlements regime, the progressive solution of a man possessed of progressive instincts though he cross-dresses as a conservative manque for some strange reason, one Willard Romney. Do you know of him?
September 1st, 2011 at 10:58 pm
Couldnt agree more. The difference between Obama and Romney has the latter has a long history of results both public and private. Americans gave BO the chair without vetting. Romney’s been vetteed, and he oozes results.
Even when noone is paying attention…I watched him spend a day of his summer vacation in 2007 clean up a neighbor’s yard after San Diego fires. No media, No reporters, just Mitt and his son and a chain saw….helping others he didnt even know….results like that. Committment like that.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Yes, Willard oozes, this I cannot deny. He oozes credibility mostly. Especially when pretends to be conservative.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:01 pm
His only real achievement…except leaving the state a 2B surplus. Except having the highest employment in the country. Except fixing one of the largest public infrastructure failures of the prior administration..He fixed the “BIG DIG”…
But I know there is no convincing you…
September 1st, 2011 at 11:01 pm
He does ooze crediility. I find him very believable.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:02 pm
er “Credibility”
September 1st, 2011 at 11:02 pm
PB posted this to another thread, Riccardo:
“As “America’s jobs governor,” Perry is a one-man antidote to Obama’s venomous policies, which have held unemployment above 9 percent for 25 of the last 27 months. Across all 50 states, between June 2009 and June 2011, the Dallas Federal Reserve calculates that 49.9 percent of America’s net new jobs arose in Texas. July was its eleventh straight month of payroll expansion, with 29,300 Texans finding work. Nearly eleven years into Perry’s governorship, Texas inarguably is No. 1 in job growth.
During Romney’s single four-year term, however, the U.S. Labor Department ranked Massachusetts No. 47 in job growth. Employment increased just 0.9 percent between January 2003 and January 2007. At that time, U.S. job growth was roughly 5 percent, reports WSJ.com’s Brett Arends. Romney did keep Massachusetts ahead of Ohio and Michigan — two Rust Belt job sieves — and Louisiana, crushed by Katrina.”
Results indeed. Romney produces them. They’re just all bad.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Thank you. It’s these 6 fingers of mine.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:06 pm
You’ve heard this before, but I’ll say it one more time for you. “Job Growth” is not the metric that means anything. Mass did not need Job growth, because virtually everyone who wanted to work…WAS ALREADY WORKING!!!!
Do you see the problem with this metric? Its’ not what matters…what matters is the unemployment rate…that’s the only data point of significance, and Mitt’s was 4.8 when he left office.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:06 pm
He did what? No one fixed the big dig. It’s still a huge debacle. He had his chance during his single term when a huge chunk of it fell on some people. But he never did.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:07 pm
He fixed it by cutting the funding and reallocating the funds to projects that were doable. You’re correct that the project, as planned before he took office was not completed.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:08 pm
I see only prosperity attached to the metric of job creation. Jobs are not a problem. They’re a solution.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Still waiting for your rebuttal on the “job growth” argument….
September 1st, 2011 at 11:09 pm
We’re talking data here. Jobs are a solution, and Mass had plenty of them while Romney was in charge….
September 1st, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Rebut what? That Texas outperforms every other state in job growth is an empirical fact.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Of Course it does, but please tell me you’re smart enough to understand that “job growth” doesnt mean the same thing as “rate of unemployment”, and that you can’t compare the importance of job growth to the actual percentage of a populace that is working?
September 1st, 2011 at 11:16 pm
If a farmer is already producing corn or oats at 96.3% of his total capacity, but his neighbor is producing only 50%, and his neighbor decides to improve, and gets to 90%, the first farmer is still better than the guy with all the improvement. You get that right?
September 1st, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Casusit…did you leave me to argue with myself? Dang it.. I hate that…I always lose those….
September 1st, 2011 at 11:19 pm
“Perry’s got to feel good about where he is now.”
Yep, he gotta be feeling very comfy now. Solid leads in the polls. Front-runner status. Smooth sailing. Time to get fat, lazy, and over confident. Yessiree.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Yes, only you seem to be trying to compare job growth in 2 different historical epochs. Romney ruled for his brief single term in a relative boom-time compared to now. So I concede your point. But the fact remains that Texas RIGHT NOW is producing more jobs than the entire rest of the country combined. If your point is that Romney could not match that achievement because his era would not support it then I happily concede your position. But the brute fact remains about the performance of Texas in delivering jobs despite its massive growth in population.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Yikes. I’m tired. I conceded your point twice. I need to go to bed. Thank you for the conversation.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Thank you. we can agree. Texas is impressive.
I just need folks to understand that the relative statistic of job growth is not nearly as meaningful as actual unemployment, and that Mitt did his job..he got results, which is where we started this little dialogue. You remember, Mitt and results? Gracias. Time for my beauty sleep.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Riccardo the Last Romboto,
America needs job growth, Perry delivers job growth.
Across all 50 states, between June 2009 and June 2011, the Dallas Federal Reserve calculates that 49.9 percent of America’s net new jobs arose in Texas. July was its eleventh straight month of payroll expansion, with 29,300 Texans finding work. Nearly eleven years into Perry’s governorship, Texas inarguably is No. 1 in job growth.
Romney’s job growth? Awful, awful, pitiful. You say Romney didn’t care one bit about it anyway. His record shows you could be right!
During Romney’s single four-year term, however, the U.S. Labor Department ranked Massachusetts No. 47 in job growth. Employment increased just 0.9 percent between January 2003 and January 2007. At that time, U.S. job growth was roughly 5 percent, reports WSJ.com’s Brett Arends. Romney did keep Massachusetts ahead of Ohio and Michigan — two Rust Belt job sieves — and Louisiana, crushed by Katrina.”
Nevertheless, America needs job growth and ..wait for it……………………………………………………….Perry delivers TREMENDOUS JOB GROWTH. America wins wih Perry! That includes you and me and our families and neighbors.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Buenos nachos a todos.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:41 pm
America wins *with Perry, MR. PROVEN JOB GROWTH.
That’s just not Romney’s expertise, Sorry, but I’m sure Willard is probably good at something else — like varmint hunting which though nice does not trump JOB GROWTH MANAGEMENT — which is Perry’s signature achievment. (See 72.)
September 1st, 2011 at 11:52 pm
The FACT is, Casusit, Texas has TWICE as many unemployed now as when little Ricky cottontail fippity flopped into the governors office.
Your lies are redundant and exhausting.
September 1st, 2011 at 11:53 pm
Texas unemployment rate is a mediocre 27th!!!
September 1st, 2011 at 11:59 pm
76. That’s because not enough business people have ponied up to Rick Pay-to-Play Perry, their smiling, confident governor. If they’d just pony up for more government contracts, this problem of bein’ 27th will go away.
September 2nd, 2011 at 12:03 am
77.
Good point!! He not only mandates young girls get untested injections, he mandates pay-to-play and then regularly gives the contracts to foreign businesses ala.. the Texas cocaine (and illegal alien) freeway.
September 2nd, 2011 at 12:08 am
I am tired of hearing about Romney’s jobs record in Massachusetts. Was that the problem facing their State? I think the unemployment rate was something like 3.8%. Basically, if you didn’t have a job, you didn’t want to work. I remember those years. All you had to do was have a pulse. Everybody had a job. I think Utah’s unemployment was like 2%.
Anyway, Romney used his one term to balance the budget and create a surplus. Then he observed that 95% of residents had health coverage. So he closed the gap. He brought on free-loaders as well as those once deemed too expensive to insure. And all that without raising taxes and with a democratic state congress.
47th out of 50th in job growth? That’s okay because their State already had very low unemployment. That’s a stupid statistic.
A lot has changed since the good old days of low unemployment. And the focus of the President should change with it. Obama has done a lot of damage. Romney understands that 80% of what the next President should do is simply UNDO what Obama has done.
Anyway, I have to be patient with all of you who haven’t taken the time to read his book “No apology”. If you all had read it, I wouldn’t have to defend the guy. You’d read his plans on entitlements. You’d read his plans on defense. You’d see he’s got a vision for America that isn’t knee-jerk reaction, but would put us on good footing for the next several decades. Frankly, we’re lucky to have a leader like Mitt come along in these times of uncertainty and American decline. It’s not too late to reverse course.
September 2nd, 2011 at 12:13 am
I don’t think Perry did a single thing to create one single job in Texas. I think he offered special deals to companies to move there. I think Texas has a good environment created by its legislature. Perry has simply been a rubber stamp all these years. when he tried to make things better by mandating my granddaughter get a vaccine, he told me allot about himself. When he gave special deals to those who helped with his campaign, he showed me more. I know FOX nor the Conservative Talk won’t vett Perry no matter what. Perry hasn’t had to do anything for this nomination. He just rides in on his horse waving his rusty sword. He’s a supports insurance mandates then says Romneycare makes Romney bad.
I’m not so sure he’ll win in either Iowa or South Carolina. I want to see all this pan out. Eventually the evangelical base he caters to will figure him out.
September 2nd, 2011 at 12:19 am
As for Perry, I don’t think he has all that much to brag about. Texas has so much in place already. I think Che Guevara could have been governor there and they still would have had job growth. That all Republican State congress, their Constitution. All those free-spirited Republicans creating jobs. All Perry had to do is clock in. I am waiting to hear Perry articulate what he did to create all those jobs.
Massachusetts, on the other hand, is such an liberal State with so many left-leaning residents, that even if you cloned a person who was half Ronald Reagan and half Winston Churchill, he still couldn’t have accomplished more for the Conservative movement than Mitt did in one term.
Our next President can’t show up and blow kisses to everybody. Now, he will need to lead. He will need to lead a divided congress and divided American people. For Mitt, his constituents will seems surprisingly conservative as compared to who he is used to dealing with.
September 2nd, 2011 at 12:26 am
81. Perry did excellent executive work purchasing those jobs, buster.
September 2nd, 2011 at 1:22 am
This site is being taken over by potheads
September 2nd, 2011 at 2:52 am
Tell me about it. I’m going to quit for a few months I think and hopefully come back at the end of the year when sanity has prevailed – both with Mittens having caught up with the Rickster and Kavon actually banning the offensive Perryites and not simply banning people for happening to be Rombots.
September 2nd, 2011 at 6:36 am
#83 The quality of the comments are not Kavon’s responsibility, but the posts are… which are very good source for info. Just read comments every now and then. If they are not ccentered on facts ignore them. If they aren’t balanced (can’t recognize the good in other candidates) ignore them.
September 2nd, 2011 at 7:44 am
LOL
Some of the postings on this page defy reality and should be in the Pantheon of idiocy. Posters talk about 2 week ” TRENDS ” Ha Ha . Are you kidding ? Trends are measured in months and dozens of polls, not two weeks at the beginning of a measurement period. Like a poll of the guests on the Titanic, leaving Cork. ” Do you think the voyage will be successful ? ” 80 % of the passengers say YES ! Two days later, another poll confirms the ” TREND” with 90 % saying yes. What a great trend. You guys and your Trends are beyond amusing. Laughable comes to mind
CraigS
September 2nd, 2011 at 7:48 am
As for Perry’s job growth in Texas, it is well documented that he had little to do with the results. In fact, George Bush created THREE TIMES as many jobs annually as Rick Perry has done. And….
In the last 4 years, since 2007, private – sector jobs in Texas have FALLEN 0.7 % while public-sector jobs have grown by 3.7 %. Washington has enough public sector jobs, though. That’s why Perry thinks it is ” seedy ”
CraigS
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:21 am
Steven, huh? No.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:26 am
Perry has 2 legitimate strengths, as I see it. He has a good record regarding government regulation, and he has a good record regarding tort reform. That’s where his strengths end.
He has a bad record regarding small, disciplined government. He expanded government spending, and he expanded government jobs. That’s the OPPOSITE direction we need to go in Washington.
The Trans Texas Corridor that Perry spearheaded (and thankfully was stopped, or at least slowed down) was bad for several reasons. It was going to be done by a foreign corporation, through eminent domain it would have destroyed hundreds of thousands of quality farmland, wiping out farms, and thus jobs. It would have bypassed many small towns, thus damaging their economy.
The Gardicil debacle.
Perry is certainly NOT the right person for the job of president of the United States.
September 2nd, 2011 at 8:42 am
facing an eminent domain taking for a legitimate purpose is bad enough but when you lose you property for an unethical private enterprise that is criminal.
September 2nd, 2011 at 10:04 am
Texas debt has doubled under PERRY…??? WHY??? Because he is a big Government Politician.. LIKE GWB. And BHO…
September 2nd, 2011 at 11:45 am
89: I think his other st4rength–at least in a primary–is his strong rhetoric vis-a-vis federalism (which sort of back-handedly helps Romney on Mass-care). Perry’s a very good red meat flinger, and knows how to win a contested primary with a very conservative electorate. Romney almost certainly has more appeal to independents and Dems dissatisfied with Obama, but he’s got to get some cover on his right.
IMO the best thing Romney can do is to turn Perry’s federalism back on him every time the latter brings up Obamacare. And of course, one ought not over-fvalue Perry’s electoral record. Recall that, until she turned out to be a 9-11 truther, Deborah Madina was starting to close in on Perry in the polls in his last election, based on debate performance. This indicates to me that debating well–and avoiding trutherism–provides a path to victory in Iowa for Bachmann, for good or ill.
September 2nd, 2011 at 11:48 am
I’m also interested in DJ Bettencourt himself. Anyone know anything more about him? There’s a potentially winnable senate race in 2014 in NH after all.