tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post21721744658358851..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-38527678275886790192011-12-14T08:16:53.758-05:002011-12-14T08:16:53.758-05:00"Well, that, at least, didn't keep the la..."Well, that, at least, didn't keep the last Republican president from getting two terms."<br /><br />True, but W's single talent was an ability to fake being a regular guy from a Texas weed ranch despite his patrician, Andover cheerleader past. Romney lacks that talent. He's as awkward and stiff as Ned Flanders in a biker bar. <br /><br />I would much prefer an Obama vs Gingrich contest. I think Obama could easily prevail against any of the GOP candidates aside from perhaps Huntsman, and of the top tier, I agree Romney is the most worrisome. But unless the Euro implodes and drags the economy back down, I think Obama has as good a chance against Romney as he had against McCain.Betty Crackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034552039786804102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-57315278844049865442011-12-13T18:32:44.895-05:002011-12-13T18:32:44.895-05:00He's a thin-skinned, prickly and rich elitist
...<i>He's a thin-skinned, prickly and rich elitist</i><br /><br />Well, that, at least, didn't keep the last Republican president from getting two terms.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-71659972532778646462011-12-13T17:14:57.106-05:002011-12-13T17:14:57.106-05:00If Mitt wins, I think he's much less of a sure...If Mitt wins, I think he's much less of a sure thing than he was just a few months ago to beat Obama.<br /><br />He's a thin-skinned, prickly and rich elitist, who's taken more positions than a newly married couple working their way through the Kama Sutra.<br /><br />All Obama's team needs to do is run the other Republicans ads until a debate.<br />And sure, Mitt looks Presidential when he's compared to the other Republicans candidates. <br />But in a debate against Obama, he'll be like the 6 foot center on a white HS team going against Lew Alcinder at Power Memorial. And that's if his team asks that there be no teleprompters!c u n d gulaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875369227763250574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-75236339586823541712011-12-13T16:52:43.894-05:002011-12-13T16:52:43.894-05:00Yeah, I really don't know how that will turn o...Yeah, I really don't know how that will turn out -- but I do think if Romney gets the nomination, he's the favorite, unless unemployment somehow plummets. The public wants a change, and I think any acceptable alternative to the status quo will do.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-70623864429942808352011-12-13T16:35:05.594-05:002011-12-13T16:35:05.594-05:00Can't disagree with any of that, Steve. Where ...Can't disagree with any of that, Steve. Where I dissent is the final sentence in your main post. I think Mitty's going to be at least as beatable as Newt would be, if not more so, once the campaign gets fully joined - unless some Rocky Anderson or other can nip off enough votes in the right places. Mitty has that same rich-boy awkwardness & incomprehension of real life that Pa Bush had, & I think it'll do him in.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-36545544498800079422011-12-13T16:21:30.063-05:002011-12-13T16:21:30.063-05:00The campaigns of Perry, Santorum, Huntsman and Bac...The campaigns of Perry, Santorum, Huntsman and Bachmann are as dead as Monty Python's parrot.<br /><br />Paul can't win in the South because he doesn't want to kill brown non-Christians for Jeebus. (He can't win a lot of places for reasons like that -- check out his negatives in every poll, even in the states where he's doing well.)<br /><br />If Gingrich stumbles, the GOP establishment will dictate a press release crowing about that to the mainstream media, and the mainstream media will dutifully retransmit it.<br /><br />What have I just said that's in doubt?Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-46684731042083413822011-12-13T16:00:30.023-05:002011-12-13T16:00:30.023-05:00Dear Steve: There are about as many jumped conclus...Dear Steve: There are about as many jumped conclusions in your scenario as there are in those explanations of how the Eagles can still make the playoffs. <br />Doesn't mean you're wrong, but it does indicate your argument rests on highly unproven assumptionsMichael Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720463703069139975noreply@blogger.com