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Ryan Withdraws
Yet we know he was not happy with the current crop of candidates.
WASHINGTON — Alas we lost a most desirable candidate for the White House this week, one that is not charismatic, did not write (or have someone else write) his memoir, has displayed no jump shot in public, and did not leave important documents on his desk while gallivanting around the country in the campaign mode and heading for vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. In the first instance I am talking about Congressman Paul Ryan. In the second I am talking about President you-know-who. Since the day he was inaugurated he has been campaigning for his second term, all the while expressing ambivalence about wanting a second term. That is nonsense. He is living rent-free and has that big airplane to fly about the country in.
Ryan has now declared that he is inalterably not seeking the Republican nomination. He did it despite pressure from Karl Rove and Governor Mitch Daniels and after a long hike on the countryside with Bill Bennett, the corpulent ex-Reagan cabinet official. On second thought, the hike could not have been that long. The last time I saw Bennett, a long hike would have been life-threatening.
Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, took his name out of the race with characteristic seriousness. “I sincerely appreciate the support from those eager to chart a brighter future for the next generation,” he declared. “While humbled by the encouragement, I have not changed my mind, and therefore I am not seeing our party’s nomination for President.” There was not much charisma here. He is not running.
Yet, why did he say after the latest Republican debate that, “I just have yet to see a strong and principled articulation of the kind of limited government, opportunity-society path that we would provide as an alternative to the Obama cradle-to-grave welfare state”? I thought then he was going to run. Does he have someone else in mind?
He already has an alternative budget to campaign against Obama with whenever Obama presents a budget. It passed the house. It strikes at the heart of our current budgetary impasse, taking on entitlements and the huge cancer that Obama introduced into our polity against the public’s wishes, Obamacare. Ryan is the natural opponent of Obama. He has the demonstrated intellectual leadership that would make him a powerful force on the campaign trail, to say nothing of in debate.
Moreover he has the economic message that a potent constituency out there wants to hear, the independents. In 2010 the independent vote swarmed to Republicans. Today the independents show every sign of sticking with the Republicans for years to come, because they are essentially concerned about pocket-book issues and it is clear that Democrats are not. Democrats are advocates of high taxes, regulations, and the nanny state. The independent vote has demonstrated that it is pro-growth. The independents are Ryan independents.
They do not care if a president wrote a lovely memoir or did not write it. They do not care about his jump shot. They are coming to my opinion on charisma. It is entertaining, but in these times we need something beyond entertainment. We need policies that will get American growing again.
That brings us to those documents that Obama left sitting on his desk. During his campaign swing through the Midwest last week he complained repeatedly that there were three free-trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama pending in Congress. Sending them on to the President, the Wall Street Journal reports Obama as saying, Congress “could do right now,” save for the congressional obduracy. And then the Journal reports Congress cannot pass the agreements, because they are “still sitting on the President’s desk.” Someone overlooked them, but the Journal says they are there. I would like to know how this little mishap gets worked out.
In the meantime, if Ryan has “yet to see a strong and principled articulation of the kind of limited government, opportunity-society path that we would provide as an alternative to the Obama cradle-to grave welfare state,” does he have anyone else in mind. It is getting late.
About the Author
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is the founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator. He is the author of The Death of Liberalism, published by Thomas Nelson Inc. His previous books include the New York Times bestseller Boy Clinton: the Political Biography; The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton; The Liberal Crack-Up; The Conservative Crack-Up; Public Nuisances; The Future that Doesn’t Work: Social Democracy’s Failure in Britain; Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House; The Clinton Crack-Up; and After the Hangover: The Conservatives’ Road to Recovery.
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martin j smith| 8.25.11 @ 6:45AM
Just pure speculation but maybe Ryan felt used by the establishment of the Republinsky Partiya and decided he did not want to bother. Maybe having some big mouth,loud mouth angry representatives expressing what voters feel is not such a bad thing and attacked Socialism and Obama is a good thing. He was being manipulated as a wedge against the terrible Tea Party and he said " No thanks"
Jack in Wi.| 8.25.11 @ 3:02PM
Amen to that Martin: Rove is just trying to get back in the game and looking for anybody who will carry on Bush's horrible agenda. It is going to be hard to win on a policy of endless war, endless bailouts, and endless foreign aid to criminals and kleptocrats. Send the country clubbers and neocons a message they won't forget. Vote Ron Paul for Peace and Prosperity. He is the soldiers best friend.
jolizoom| 8.25.11 @ 3:44PM
Really? He voted against revised ROE that would allow soldiers to proactively defend themselves , and he is the soldier's best friend? Ok, I get it--he wants them out of the ME... but while they're there, he doesn't want them to be able to defend themselves?
Jack in Wi.| 8.25.11 @ 4:27PM
You may call them rules of engagement others might call them war crimes. Hitler's soldiers thought they could make it up as they went along and ignore the ancient and honorable rules of war. You don't get to just go and mow down people just on the suspicion, of whats in your mind .
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 6:50PM
I always love how those who sit safe from harm due to other men's efforts seek to handcuff those same men. Must be a Paulbot thing. Or a Liberal thing. Same thing, really.
Jack in Wi.| 8.25.11 @ 7:43PM
If it was up to me they never would have been sent there to waste all this blood aand treasure. It is warmongers like you that have that responsibility. The blood is on your hands and won't be easy to wash off. All those kids that commit suicide, and have mental problems, because of the things They have done and seen are also part of your responsibility. I try to work for peace personal responsibility, and justice not endless war and bankruptcy.
Pigletrios| 8.26.11 @ 8:38AM
If the people who send our military to war would then allow them to conduct it they way it is supposed to be conducted - Get in, kick a**, take names and get out winning - this nonsense would have been over years ago. People playing politics with our military is what put blood on our hands - those young people committing suicide or having mental problems are the result of the namby pamby way we go about fighting wars today - they are spending too much time in a bad situation that wouldnt be bad if we let them do their jobs. Don't like it? Make sure you dont volunteer to do the job.
Negro X| 8.26.11 @ 2:09AM
Jack, do you work at being a shithead or does it come naturally?
TURK| 8.25.11 @ 7:11AM
Carl Rove is recruiiting him?? Need we say more. Is this the carl rove that saw to it that a democrat got elected in Delaware last time we looked? The same carl rove who blocked Herman Cain from a senate seat in Geo in favor of some play ball white guy who screwed us first left chance he got? The same carl rove who created the disaster known as 'compassionate conservatism? If rove and daniels late the country club r choice, are unhappy with the current field of repub candidates---I'm very happy with it. (see latest poll)
Redstateboy| 8.25.11 @ 8:43AM
I agree with you 100% TURK... Rove is Rove's best friend - I don't trust him - not after he helped in torpedoing Christie O'Donnell's campaign.
I'd also add... we're get'n a Mit-full of Commentators whose heads are getting so big - they're beginning to believe they're King-Makers. Like: O'Reilly, Krauthammer and certainly Rove.
JimP| 8.25.11 @ 10:25AM
I'm on the same wave link, Turk. I assume that Ryan really does believe in an opportunity society and wants to dismantle the welfare state, so, why would Rove and the Bush crowd want a Reagan type candidate? Isn't Reaganomics "voodoo"? Didn't they have three terms as POTUS wherein they enacted/expanded various kinds of big government spending, regulations and new programs? On the surface it doesn't make any sense to me and I'm therefore suspicious. My gut reaction is that either Ryan isn't what he seems or the Rove/Bush crowd are up to something. Also, Ryan is what, the sixth 'candidate' they have backed this cycle? They appear to be desperately searching for an acolyte of their philosophy without success-so far.
TrueBlue| 8.25.11 @ 11:49AM
They see Ryan as someone that will benefit them personally, all there is to it. The fact he actually IS the right person for the job means nothing to them, I'd bet they expect they could have manipulated him to do what they want.
JimP| 8.25.11 @ 12:47PM
Thanks for confirming my worst suspicions, TruBlue. I was hesitant to say it so succinctly. I guess I was feeling 'squishy' without enough coffee flowing in my veins.
John Wilson| 8.25.11 @ 2:47PM
I respect rep. Ryan's refusal to be a candidate. I suggest that some people who know what they are doing, form a Ryan for President campaign to see how he would stand in relation to the announced candidates.
Bob| 8.25.11 @ 7:26PM
Rove wants anyone but Perry. If Perry wins, Rove is out.
TennesseeVolunteer| 8.25.11 @ 7:20AM
Her name is Sarah.
not hit hard enough| 8.25.11 @ 8:23AM
Bring it ON!
wodiej| 8.25.11 @ 9:25AM
You betcha.
C S Lewis| 8.25.11 @ 5:12PM
Amen! they.... are looking in all the wrong places - when Sarah is staring them in the face!
Game On!
POST American| 8.25.11 @ 8:11AM
---We have to get FULL DISCLOSURE on each
and every one of these candidates, their secret
associations (ie CFR/ Freemasonry/ capstone
Globalist-EUGENICS) --we need to know exactly
what secret oaths they've taken ----what funds
they've accepted, who they've worked for.
In short ---in this the 11th hour of the Globalist
RED China TREASON OP ----we have to know
WHO IN HELL THEY ARE.
Conrad Spiracy| 8.25.11 @ 10:30AM
RADIO BOY! Take that tin foil hat off your head and come down from that Mothership now! Dinner is getting cold!
And I will NOT reheat it for you!!!
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 2:47PM
That's right, and if you get hungry later, you know where the fridge is!!
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:10PM
Man, I wish Allen West would run.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 5:11PM
Maybe he will. Now THAT would makes things interesting!
Old Soldier| 8.25.11 @ 8:24AM
I doesn't matter who is elected if s/he doesn't get good legislation to sign into law. Legislation that rolls back the regulatory oppression, simplifies the tax code, and dramatically downsizes government.
It is Ryan's job to make sure that legislation is well-written and makes it to the next President's desk. Hopefully he will have a cooperative Congress and a Republican President in a year and a half.
Indy| 8.25.11 @ 9:52AM
Whoever is elected should be asking for legislation that rolls back exectutive branch powers. I have yet to hear a candidate say what his / her plan is to give up power and to formulate changes in legislative language so that it would be very difficult to expand power again by future presidents. The candidate who will get my vote must be willing to be a one term President and will put our Republic first. There are difficult decisions that must be made, who has the courage to put cards on the table and then play the hand?
George S| 8.25.11 @ 10:34AM
"Good legislation" will never happen unless there are at least 60 Republican senators. Democrats will filibuster anything that seeks to reverse their once in a lifetime accomplishments of the past two years.
txn4ever| 8.25.11 @ 11:27AM
Bingo! 60 is the magic number. 2/3 is an even better number so that congress can override a veto no matter what sort of pinhead politcian holds the presidency. Or course, we still need congressmen with the spine to make the necessary changes.
conservative Bob| 8.25.11 @ 4:36PM
Given the makeup and history of the GOP and the characters therein I suggest we will not be safe until we hit 67 as that should provide enough cushion for the McCain, Snow Graham reach across the isle axis.
Redstateboy| 8.25.11 @ 8:30AM
Ryan is perfect where he is - he knows it, I know it and I'm sure a lot of people do.
To demolish Hussein... A Perry/Cain, a Perry/Bachmann - I'd even take a Perry/Romney.
Sarah... sit it out.. campaign for us, raise money for us... but don't get in - you'd serve your country better doing the latter.
wodiej| 8.25.11 @ 9:24AM
So Gov. Palin is good enough to help elect a RINO but not good enough to be at the helm? Not a chance. She's running.
Redstateboy| 8.25.11 @ 10:33AM
That's not what I'm say'n wodiej.. I think Sarah Palin rocks! I just think she'd be much more useful and effective helping us take the Senate with true Conservatives and endorsing a good ticket that'll send Hussein packing his bags.
GW| 8.25.11 @ 2:42PM
Oh, you made a Palin nut mad. Much like Ron Paul's following who won't hear a bad word about the man, hero worship has replaced rational discourse about Palin's record and electability. Even by asserting Palin shouldn't run but instead focus on better things for her own career is to tear down some people's idols.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 3:21PM
So.. just who ISN'T a nut to you?
Oldefarte| 8.25.11 @ 3:28PM
Marg, speaking of a 'nut'......see below!!!!
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:12PM
Margie, I will vote for whomever you tell me to, dear. You've got a good nose for good people. So does Victor. You both are awesome. I hope the Quake didn't disturb you folks much.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 5:16PM
O.T.: Wow.
Well, I am just wanting to do the best thing I can do by voting for the nominee who can win. If it is between Perry and say, Sarah~ if it looks like Perry is the one who can win it~ I will vote for him.
They are both good enough for me.
The quake? Nah, it was a little itsy-bitsy rumble. When we heard the walls crackling it gave us some pause, but it quickly stopped.
Say, out here in western PA/Ohio~ the storms are scarier than that!!
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 5:17PM
I forgot to say, (if she runs).
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 6:52PM
Hey, Margie:
Life is Too Short not to tell great people they are wonderful every day you can.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 10:02PM
Thank you for the reminder, friend of the Christians! :^)
C S Lewis| 8.25.11 @ 5:23PM
Sarah Palin is not looking for a "career" and POTUS is not a "job" as most politicans like to think - of themselves - being the leader of the free world.
Bob Grant| 8.26.11 @ 12:50AM
Not a job?
Tell Obama that. He might agree with you. He thinks it some hybrid banana republic/monarch where he can tell his minions (reid/pelosi/biden/wasserman schultz/rangel/waters) to "handle it... handle it, handle it) while he explores our nation's golf courses with golfing buddies like Vernon Jordan or Franklin Raines while his wife thinks she's Imelda Marcos.
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 8:31AM
Start To Stop TheRuling Elites' "Anointed One", Mittens Romney Now.
Dave| 8.25.11 @ 8:34AM
Thank God he's out! I have enough problems already with the government that I don't need some fascist kicking people off disability because 'they really want to work and just need the opportunity'.
What an idiot.
Pecos Pete| 8.25.11 @ 8:59AM
Dave: Paul Ryan is a fascist? You really should read the definition of fascism and then you'll understand the idiocy of Obama/Buffett/Immelt ... and ObamaCare.
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.25.11 @ 9:02AM
Aw, Dave.
We can't fix stupid here.
Ryan is doing a fine job in a crucial role.
Hey Emmett,
he didn't "withdraw". He simply chose not to run.
Dave| 8.25.11 @ 9:40PM
'Can't fix stupid'
I will not give up trying to fix stupid!
tonyy| 8.29.11 @ 12:55AM
Dave - you keep on that self improvement program and maybe stop by again when you're done!
The man trying to pull everyone's head out of the sand (or as you put it, "kick people off disability") so that we will still have a program is the only grown up out there. And people who's contribution to the subject is "facist" and "nazi" are a big reason why it's going to be difficult.
DaveD| 8.25.11 @ 9:35AM
Dave (same first name, but little else to recommend), disability payments are one of the most abused programs run by the U.S. Government. No one argues about helping the man who lost an arm in an industrial accident, but how about the 20-something clown who gets disability payments because he suffers from "Adult Baby Syndrome?" Something's got to give.
George S| 8.25.11 @ 10:22AM
Never say no one... I would argue that as long as there is a system in place to "help" the guy who lost an arm, it will soon be overrun by every other affliction you can think of except one: the inability to vote.
jolizoom| 8.25.11 @ 3:50PM
No representation without taxation! (Don't pay net taxes, don't vote!)
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:22PM
I was a disability evaluator for the State of Alabama for a few years. One of the things I did was to train my secretary (my wife) on what to look for. People would claim poor fine motor skills, for example (due to an accident that also gave them PTSD) and then light and smoke a cigarette.
On the other hand, I have had situations where people were sent to me for followup (at $100.00 an eval about 15 years ago) when they had permanent conditions that would never change (Charcot-Marie-Tooth, for example) and permanent disability. So, problems both ways.
Dave| 8.25.11 @ 9:41PM
I agree, but the sheer insanity of the statement stands proof that Ryan should never hold sway over anything.
tonypal| 8.25.11 @ 10:25AM
Grow up.
Dave| 8.25.11 @ 9:46PM
I did.
Get educated.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.25.11 @ 10:29AM
Fascism: A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
Which party advocates a government top down economy with government deciding which businesses succeed of fail? Democrats best illustrated by the destruction of bankruptcy law and bondholders on behalf of the labor union members at GM and Chrysler. The so-called failed "green energy" initiatives. The corrupt bargain between Obama and GE. . .
Which party advocates censoring the press or restricting freedom of speech by a system of controls generally not as “politically correct speech?” Democrats advocating using the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” control or select what speech Americans would hear via mass communication tools. Democrats political civility, but consistently denigrates and belittles their opposition even going so far as discussing “killing” political opponents. It was Barack Obama himself in his best Hitlerian style who told his supporters to bring “guns and knives” into political discourse and ordered his followers to “get in people’s faces.” Democrats who use indoctrination of children in public schools to sing praises of Democrat’s “beloved leader” Barack Obama.
Which party is associated with a force that wears matching shirts (typically purple) to strong arm and physically intimidate and harm the opposition? Democrats.
The Democrat party is the neo-fascist party in the US and they prove daily by their actions.
Michael Tomlinson| 8.25.11 @ 10:32AM
Sorry about some of the mistatements this garbage from modern fascists "Democrats" gets my blood boiling. Especially when the call a decent policy wonk something so patently untrue.
The rascist element is affirmative action and trying to turn Americans against one another. Let us not forget Obama told Hispanics that Republicans were the "enemy."
Wayne | 8.25.11 @ 11:15AM
And globalism has replaced nationalism. Still fascist.
Dave| 8.25.11 @ 9:54PM
Fascist: - Term could be used to describe someone who is "oppressive", "intolerant", "chauvinist", "genocidal", "dictatorial", or "racist".
Bingo!
Tell him what he wins, Gene!
Well Dave, he wins a new reply, one that should enlighten and perhaps inform!
Dave| 8.25.11 @ 9:48PM
Not saying they aren't. The Dem party is way off in outer space with their agenda.
But when someone says that you kick people off disability because they are just waiting for an excuse to work you either follow along with that demented and insane idea or you take a stand against such stupidity.
I'll stand against the idiocy of such people.
tonyy| 8.29.11 @ 12:59AM
Dave, I'm sure your disability check is still safe. The rest of us will vouch for you if they ever start actually reviewing or auditing the checks.
Redstateboy| 8.25.11 @ 10:37AM
Hey Dave.. where ya been?? Nazi Pelosi, Harry-the-war-is-lost-Reid and Das Messiah have had the reins of ALL 3 Branches and one of the things we got from it?? Airlines flying empty planes out of Rural Airports subsidized by those of us still with a job!
Redstateboy| 8.25.11 @ 11:08AM
someone tell me how this subsidized rural airport deal is different than the chicks in Pyoang, North Korea directing imaginary traffic.
Dave| 8.25.11 @ 9:45PM
Not saying the Dems don't scare me with their ideas of a new socialist state and how we should bow down, work for them, and enjoy the gruel.
They're criminals too.
Trinacria| 8.25.11 @ 2:50PM
Dave,
You are aware, are you not, that the single largest cut to Medicare funding in the history of the program was made by....wait for it...Barack H. Obama?
So to follow your reasoning, Obamacare takes more than half a trillion dollars (you read that right, that's trillion, with a "T") from current Medicare recipients (who actually paid into the system for their entire careers) to fund the health insurance of deadbeats, while Congressman Ryan proposes NO CHANGES to Medicare for current recipients (as well as those who will become recipients in the next 10 years), and in your mind it is Ryan who is the fascist (incorrect use of the term notwithstanding...)?
Really, sport; you're embarrassing yourself.
Dave| 8.25.11 @ 9:44PM
I'm not speaking about the disaster that is Obamacare. I'm talking about a man who wants to hold the most powerful postion in the world making comments that show he's either out of touch with reality or, for lack of a better term, a bully.
Either way, you can't elect that kind of person to the office of President. He shouldn't even serve in ANY public office.
jd| 8.25.11 @ 9:01AM
Redstateboy,
You must have been reading my mind today. All three of your comments were ones I was thinking as well. Perry is the way to go. Paul Ryan is effective and great where he is at. Sarah Palin: please do NOT run or we WILL have another 4 years of Obama. You can be much more effective where you are right now.
Stefan Stackhouse| 8.25.11 @ 9:07AM
RE: the desk-bound treaties.
That's the trouble with lies. As Sir Walter Scott said, "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!"
Trinacria| 8.25.11 @ 3:11PM
Is that what he said? I thought the saying was, "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we parlay affirmative action into a Harvard Law degree, become a community rabble rouser and go on to an undistinguished half term in the US Senate, then manage to get elected President by an irredeemably stupid citizenry based on the utterly vacuous promise of hope and change, and proceed to destroy in the small span of three years the social and economic foundations of a country that took more than 200 years to build."
Oh well, you say potato...
Canadian Libertarian| 8.25.11 @ 10:59PM
Bingo!
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 9:09AM
The Texas Tea Party & The New Hampshire Tea Party are after Perry for:
Rick Perry & TARP, The Trans Texas Corridor, Toll Roads, Business Margin Tax, HPV Vaccine Mandate....
GW| 8.25.11 @ 2:44PM
True he has some skeletons. But with a conservative Congress and solid cabinent, he may be kept in line. At least he is electable (who can deny that), a good speaker, charming, and will play well to independents who vote on who makes them feel good.
Oldefarte| 8.25.11 @ 3:29PM
Polly want a cracker, Polly want a cracker....!!!!
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 3:32PM
I tawt I taw a puddy-tat. I did! I did!
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:24PM
You know, C. Elegans really grows well on a sugar coated agar plate. Just like bacteria.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 5:20PM
Don't let the parasitic fungi get you down. Though they multiply slowly but surely, so does the anti-biotics destroy them. That along with some hefty doses of pro-biotics to strengthen the gut.
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 6:52PM
Caffeine usually does wonders on C. Elegans.
Drunken Sailor| 8.25.11 @ 9:13AM
Why do I think someone has been talking to Ryan about a Vice President role? I think he and Sarah both serve the conservative movement best right were they are. They can have more influence there than in either a VP or POTUS slot.
I don't agree with everything Perry says but so far I agree the most with him.
wodiej| 8.25.11 @ 9:23AM
I would like to see Gov. Palin at the helm and Ryan or West would be great compliments to her administration. Perry is a RINO.
JP| 8.25.11 @ 9:17AM
The current field is made-up of self-promoting oppurtunists (Perry), Progressive Statists (Mitt), and eccentric wierdos (Bachmann, Paul). What's not to like?
Buck Ofama| 8.25.11 @ 10:48AM
>What's not to like?
Jokebama, that's what's not to like.
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:25PM
Bachmann is a Babe with Brains, not a weirdo. Perry would be a fine President; much better than Paul or Obama.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 5:22PM
Pope JP doesn't approve of non-denom. Christians.
wodiej| 8.25.11 @ 9:22AM
I like Ryan but if Rove likes him that concerns me. Perhaps Ryan would approve of Gov. Sarah Palin. Her candidacy will be announced soon.
Doctor Right| 8.25.11 @ 10:22AM
Aug. 25th:
Perry: 29%
Romney: 17%
Paul: ...leads on Mars...
http://www.ibtimes.com/article.....romney.htm
Yeah, they're REALLY hurting Perry, aren't they??
Clint...You're NOT a Conservative, and you're NOT in the Tea Party. You're a Paulista propagandist.
And your man-crush will NEVER be elected President, except maybe on Venus...
Michael Tomlinson| 8.25.11 @ 10:35AM
Perry will more than likely get the nomination, because Republicans understand a successful Governor makes a good candidate and his VP will be Rubio or possibly Ryan. Either one would make an incredible running mate and future GOP President.
Redstateboy| 8.25.11 @ 11:14AM
Why not Cain or Bachmann as Perry's VP? And another thing.. what about Ron Paul in a Perry cabinent (No! Not Sec. of State) but how bout Treasury??
Drunken Sailor| 8.25.11 @ 11:32AM
Now your talking.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 2:55PM
I can go with that. I've always said that IF there isn't a man for the job, that the women are willing to step up, and Michele has, and Sarah may.
But Rick Perry is obviously willing AND able AND I like his strong persona and no frills nor frou-frou (think present occupant there).
Is he Hawkish too?
Then, he's the man.
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 12:00PM
Rasmussen Poll: Ron Paul tied with President Obama
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul continues to make headway in a series of recently released polls.
A Rasmussen Poll released Wednesday shows the Texas Republican trailing President Obama by just one percent, the tightest margin to date.
Mr. Paul earns 38 percent of the vote to Mr. Obama’s 39 percent, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters. Fourteen percent said they prefer another candidate, while eight percent remain undecided.
“The president and the maverick are running almost dead even in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup,” pollsters said. “But Paul still has a long haul among voters in his own party. He ran fourth last week in Rasmussen Reports’ most recent survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters with nine percent support,” they added.
The poll comes just one day after a Gallup poll found the Texas Republican just four percentage points behind President Obama. Republican governor Rick Perry, who announced his campaign earlier this month, led the Gallup poll, while former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann were closely behind.
Rasmusson pollsters noted Mr. Paul now receives more support than former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who has yet to enter the 2012 race.
“Paul, popular with many in the Tea Party movement, runs better against the incumbent than another Tea Party favorite, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin,’ they note.
The poll follows a key showing for Mr. Paul in the Ames Republican Presidential Straw Poll, where the Texas congressman took a close second behind Ms. Bachmann."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.
Rise Up In Rebellion.
Drunken Sailor| 8.25.11 @ 12:38PM
A. Your showing a old poll
B. Your showing a poll that only compares Obama and Paul, it does not show how he lines up with the other canidates. (Refer to Dr. Rights post)
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 2:39PM
Do Your Homework.
Obama 39%, Paul 38%
Tuesday, August 23, 2011:
The president and the maverick are running almost dead even in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup.
Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul earns 38% of the vote to President Obama’s 39% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters. Fourteen percent (14%) like some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) remain undecided. "
Trinacria| 8.25.11 @ 2:56PM
Congratulations. Your poll demonstrates that almost as many people who find Barack Obama to be a competent, compelling leader find Ron Paul to be a competent, compelling candidate. That's rather like being the second best downhill skier in Mexico...
Drunken Sailor| 8.25.11 @ 3:25PM
Thanks Trinacria ( Tried to get to Sicily, ended up in La Maddelena instead). I thought I plainly stated that his poll only shows how Ron Paul fairs against Obama but I guess he didn't catch it. At least Jack below caught it, even if he still think finishing 3rd in the poll equals winning the primary.
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 5:45PM
Do Your Homework Flunkie Apologists.
" Rasmussen Has Ron Paul Running Closest With Obama
Erik Hayden Aug 24, 2011:
Who does the president fare worst against in a head-to-head matchup? On Wednesday, Rasmussen released its latest nationwide early campaign survey. And right now, Barack Obama does well against Mitt Romney (46 to 38 percent) and narrowly leads Perry (43 to 40 percent) and Michele Bachmann (43 to 39 percent).
Which means, if you combine these results with the Rasmussen poll released Tuesday, the GOP candidate doing the best against the president is....Ron Paul? Yesterday's head-to-head poll showed the libertarian trailing the president 39 to 38 percent, by presumably the same methodology."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.
Rise Up In Rebellion.
Trinacria12| 8.25.11 @ 11:45PM
Unfortunately (for you), these polls assume Dr. Paul is the republican nominee; that's a he'll of an assumption for a guy whose maximum level of support among republican voters is 13%.
So to summarize your position (again): a candidate who can't get the republican nomination will be the next republican president of the united states.
Brilliant analysis, sport. You keep clinging to that dream. In the meantime, here's a peek at reality: the good folks of America tend not to write checks to candidates who believe a nuclear Iran is not an existential threat to the US and it's allies. No money, no nomination. That, my friend, is your homework for the evening.
Margie| 8.27.11 @ 1:36AM
As my good pal here Oldefarte would say, Trinacria12:
Shazam!! WELL SAID.
Jack in Wi.| 8.25.11 @ 2:54PM
Gallup poll yesterday has Ron Paul in third place in the Republican race. The stats are Perry 29% Romney 17%. Paul 13 Bachman is at 10%. Perry has had all the media for 2 weeks and Paul has had none of it. Yet Paul is within easy striking distance of both Perry and Romny. The pretty and easily flustered Mrs. Bachman is on her way down and out. Romney is declining badly. The polls show that the voters by huge majorities favor Dr. Paul's plan to audit the Fed. They also approve by similar large majorities his plans to bring home all the troops now and end all foreign aid. Dr. Paul has huge army of committed supporters. They are behind him financially. He by far the best debater in the debates and runs circles around the rest of them. I can hadly wait to see Perry debate the Fed. Most of them are trying ot steal his ideas. He runs neck annd neck against Obama as do most of the other three. He runs by far best among independent voters, and democrats. Without these voters no Republican can be elected. I expect Sarah Palin tto endorse him as well. because if she runs she would have to become Rove's girl. therefore I give you the next President of the USA. The Real Doctor Of Democracy Ron Paul. The soldiers best friend.
Drunken Sailor| 8.25.11 @ 3:26PM
Paul none of the media? Really? Fox news mentioned how he media was ignoring Paul, Jon Stewart mentioned it, MSNBC mentioned it. After everyone mentioned how no one was mentioning it I though mabye I missed it.
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 12:08PM
Dr.Reich, You're an Angst Ridden Social Propagandist & A Serial Liar.
Asked & Answered Ad nauseam.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 3:32PM
Paul leads on Mars.. haha!!
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:28PM
Doctor Right:
We, The TinFoil Hats From Apple Valley or Valley Forge (We Fergits) Declare to You That No One Genuflects Better To Saudis Than Ron Paul. He is a Cinch, Therefore, To Be Elected, You Miscreant Papist Party Pooper Poltroon, You!
We Also Declare That Caps Belong To The Papists! So There, You Non Worshipper of The Throne Of Saint Peter!
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:29PM
this means, dr right, that you must write like ee cummings from now on. you have a problem with that, hmmm?
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 4:57PM
Uh Oh !
Israel Firster Screwball Tool Job attempts to parrot & join American Spectator's Resident Anti-Catholic Screwballs Dr.Reich & Margie.
That sure as hell, ain't gonna stop Dr.Ron Paul & We Tea Party Patriots.
"Obama 39%, Paul 38%
Tuesday, August 23, 2011:
The president and the maverick are running almost dead even in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup.
Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul earns 38% of the vote to President Obama’s 39% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters. Fourteen percent (14%) like some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) remain undecided."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.
Rise Up In Rebellion.
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 6:57PM
No, I was parrotting you, 302 neuroned one.
C. Elegans is a 302 neuroned free living roundworm that exists in a male and hermaphroditic state. The Hermaphroditic type self-propagates, allowing for the maintenance of a pure genetic line, unless the male is present, in which case it is selectively fertilized...
Lots of inbreeding among Paulbots...
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 7:28PM
WTF ?
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 7:01PM
Again, cowardly Clint, you have a bet that you have failed to pick up...if Paul wins anywhere, I stop posting on this site If he wins NOWHERE, you stop posting on this site.
You talk might big for a cowardly jihadi firster.
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 7:26PM
Neo-Chickenhawk Windbag Tool Job Two Weeks Ago:
" Occam's Tool| 8.8.11 @ 4:30PM
Pawlenty is going to wipe the plate with Paul. So will Bachmann, as she turns into overdrive. "
Results:
"Rasmussen Has Ron Paul Running Closest With Obama
Erik Hayden Aug 24, 2011 1,851 Views Comments (9)
Who does the president fare worst against in a head-to-head matchup? On Wednesday, Rasmussen released its latest nationwide early campaign survey. And right now, Barack Obama does well against Mitt Romney (46 to 38 percent) and narrowly leads Perry (43 to 40 percent) and Michele Bachmann (43 to 39 percent).
Which means, if you combine these results with the Rasmussen poll released Tuesday, the GOP candidate doing the best against the president is....Ron Paul? Yesterday's head-to-head poll showed the libertarian trailing the president 39 to 38 percent, by presumably the same methodology."
The Tea Party Rebellion Steps On Tool Job's Face.
Wipe Your Feet.
Bob Grant| 8.26.11 @ 12:42AM
Your cut and paste clap trap is not rooted in reality.
I love Paul but not as a candidate. He needs to either represent his district until he croaks or go teach an economics class at a high school.
Dan D| 8.25.11 @ 10:26AM
Mr Tyrrell, that crude jab at Bill Bennett is beneath you. Or at least it should be beneath you. Whether or not you feel shame will reveal much about your character.
Who Knows?| 8.25.11 @ 11:29AM
"cruel jab"?
When is telling the truth a cruel jab.
Bennett is corpulent---I'd say morbidly obese---and therefore he would be unable to take a long hike without stressing his massive body, maybe unto a heart attack.
Go for it, Bob---tell it like it is!
jolizoom| 8.25.11 @ 3:57PM
Telling the truth can be a cruel jab when it has NOTHING WHATEVER to do with the discussion at hand. Thank you Dan D, and I second your reprimand.
JP| 8.25.11 @ 10:37AM
The GOP establishment is not totally in-line with Supply Side economics. Those that make thier living or weath as Traders tend to like the way things are. Inflation and volatility are oppurtunities for short-selling and speculation. On the other hand, Main Street capitalists normally want smaller government intrusion (at all levels), blananced public ledgers, and low taxes. The rift exists between Wall St and Main St.
It is difficult to get a handle on Ryan. He is not quite as conservative as his handlers make him out; but, just the same he stuck his neck on last April when he presented the GOP's House budget.
GW| 8.25.11 @ 2:50PM
Any market conditions are ripe for speculation. The idea is to know more about the market than other traders, since derivatives trading (where most of it goes down) is a zero-sum game.
The reason many Wall St. banks love big government is because they privatize the gains and socialize the losses. Rent seeking--pure and simple. But ultimately the power rests in Washington. Bailouts, artificially low interest rates set by the Fed, and stimulus spending are not decided by Wall St unless Washington allows it to be.
Buck Ofama| 8.25.11 @ 10:47AM
>Bill Bennett, the corpulent ex-Reagan cabinet official.
What is the author's necessity to point out BMI?
Douglas Fletcher | 8.25.11 @ 11:01AM
Notice Bennett took a walk with Ryan, not Sarah. He couldn't have kept up with Sarah.
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:30PM
RET was a College Swimmer with desires to go Olympian.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 5:24PM
..If the bathing suit fits..
Wayne | 8.25.11 @ 11:16AM
I like Ryan, but in order to withdraw you must first enter.
Petronius| 8.25.11 @ 11:34AM
The beltway bastards will not countenance the nomination of anybody they can't control. Et tu Goldwater. They are joined at the hip with the Liberals in their hatred for all who want true Freedom from THEM and their damned clique of two faced plutocrats with bigger snoots than brains. The despise us not because we want to associate with Them, but because we don't. Why should Ryan consider dealing with this sack of vipers? He'd be their President; not Ours. And well he knows it.
Kevin Gutzman | 8.25.11 @ 12:29PM
Nowadays, many politicians -- Obama, Cain, and Palin come to mind -- seek the presidency with very little relevant experience on their resumes. By refusing to join their number, Paul Ryan inspires hope that someday, he'll be ready for the job.
Mimi| 8.25.11 @ 1:10PM
Trump, hasn't helped Paul Ryan...hes still going around dropping his name. One Wonders WHY?
His budget is on the TABLE ...It is all up to the DEMS in the Senate....
It's like they're all envious from the top down they want to denegrate EXCELLENCE ! The "O" is at the TOP of that list!
Next summer....The call for the likes of RYAN may IGNITE....long way to go.
Pecos Pete| 8.25.11 @ 1:12PM
I'm pleased that Paul Ryan has chosen to wait a few years to be President. For now, after the 2012 elections have brought in more conservatives to Congress, I'd REALLY like to see Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House. And Jim DeMint as Majority Leader in the Senate.
As for president, I'll vote for anything alive except King O.
PJ| 8.25.11 @ 1:43PM
I agree w/you. Ryan needs a few more yrs but more than just a House Rep. I would like to see him run for his state's US Senate seat or even governor (Although I think I like Walker.) & get more experience running in a larger region.
Unless I'm wrong, this country has yet to elect a president coming directly from the US House of Rep position.
Bob Grant| 8.26.11 @ 12:36AM
Here's the painful truth. Our country may not have a few more years.
If he feels he can make a difference, he should jump in!!!
The same goes for Rubio or Christie.
It's all hands on deck!!
David| 8.25.11 @ 1:18PM
Palin, Ryan, Gingrich, Romney are all great for the conservatives, but please keep them where they are most effective - and that is not as VP or Prez.
I am disappointed that more people aren't considering Santorum for Prez or even VP. The guy has a wealth of experience and accomplishments, and is a great debater. Why is he so good? Because he knows what he believes in HIS CORE, knows why he believes it, and can clearly express it.
PJ| 8.25.11 @ 1:47PM
Santorum is a gentleman & probably doesn't have enough money backing him up.
I would like to see him become a senator again or even a governor. Lots of work needs to be done in those 2 offices.
Bob Grant| 8.26.11 @ 12:39AM
I believe Santorum remains a sleeper for all the reasons you mentioned. His main obstacle is his lack of name recognition mainly because of the female Tea Party candidates and (tease candidates).
Don't get me wrong, I like Bachmann, but she's taking the wind out of the sails of candidates like Santorum.
Mimi| 8.25.11 @ 1:45PM
Events matter....and they can come up faster than ever...even from out of the blue!
Recall John Mc Cain, was down on the list when the leader of Pakistan a Women was assinated.
All of a sudden he rose like a pail of yeast in the bread....Took a " Every-man flight alone into New Hampshire....the rest is History!
Simon Templar| 8.25.11 @ 2:09PM
Up until today, I was inclined to believe that he would be a one termer. He will be re-elected.
The reason? The establishment has decided that he will be re-elected. They are pushing (both punch and judy) for a third party in this next election. The Ron Paul, liberaltarians will act as spoilers and aid this effort either directly or indirectly.
If you disagree with this, please comment. I would like to know others thoughts about this. Please prove me wrong.
JP| 8.25.11 @ 2:25PM
It will be just like 1992. Here's what will happen:
Mitt will win the nomination (name recognition, money, and establishment support).
The grass roots tea-partiers and other rank and file conservatives will rebel.
Ron Paul will throw in his hat as an independent.
Obama will win the election with 42-43% of the popular vote. Mitt and Ron Paul will split the other 57%. Obama will take NY, CA, PA, MI, IL, VA, WI, OH and a few other states to arrive at 271 electoral votes.
However, the GOP will capture 12 of the 23 Democratic Senate seats up for play and end up with 58-42 majority; the GOP will also increase its House lead by a dozen or so seats. Mitch and Boehner will lose thier leadership positions.
Obama will win re-election, but he will not have anything close to a governing majority or coalition. Demint will take over the Senate leadership, Ryan will assume leadership of the House.
Drunken Sailor| 8.25.11 @ 3:29PM
So rather than the Republicans taking the Senate, increasing in the house and taking the Presidency you think Ron Paul will pull a Ross Perot and lose it for the Republicans? And that is supposed to be a good thing?
Looking for clarification.
JP| 8.25.11 @ 4:12PM
Nope, it is not a good thing. It is just my prediction. We've seen how easy it is for the GOP lawmakers to get worn down. The GOP needs the WH as much as it needs both Houses of Congress. Defeating President Obama is a must.
The key here isn't Ron Paul but Mitt. The RNC loves Mitt. However, we know the former govenor of Massachusetts will cause a mass defection of conservatives if he gets the nod. Obama wins either way when he should in fact lose.
Of course, in a three way race, there is the potential for Ron Paul to win by forming a firewall in the Deep South, Midwest and Rockies. Obama takes CA, NY, and IL but fails to win New England (which could go to Mitt). Paul wins everything else and squeeks by with a 1 or 2 vote electoral victory. Of course, Bachman could do the same thing. But Paul has the network of followers already in place.
Jack in Wi.| 8.25.11 @ 4:18PM
Ron Paul will be the nominee of the Republican Party. I fully expect the elites of the party to do the same thing they did to Goldwater and Reagan. That is. They will backbite, and in the case of Reagan run a formidable 3rd party. They don't care if Obama wins He is their puppet. I expect to see them mount a third party if Dr. Paul is the nominee. I expect Dr. Paul to sit out because of ballot access laws, if he is not the nominee. He will back a third Party unless the nominee promises to bring all the troops home. end the Fed, and end foreign aid. It has to be written in stone. No Republian can be elected without the support Dr. Paul has. Either get behind the man who has been right for decades or have Obama for 4 more years. We don't see any difference between a Bush Rove clone and Obama. It is better if the ship sinks on Obama's watch. It may be possible to salvage something.
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 4:31PM
Cheese smell, overpowering, reason....
Aaaaand, the Packers won't repeat.
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 5:08PM
That's either Tool Job's toe jams or his old lady's box.
Occam's Tool| 8.25.11 @ 6:58PM
No, it's Jack in Cheeseheadville, oh smeller and licker of jihadi hinders Clint.
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 7:11PM
More Queer Talk From Israel Firster Screwball, Tool Job.
Jack in Wi.| 8.25.11 @ 7:53PM
The Packers will win their 14th title,this year, and Dr. Ron Paul will be the next President of the United States. He is the real Dr. of Democracy and the soldiers best friend.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 3:14PM
We must not LET the media choose our nominee.
We also need to close up our primaries so that Democrats and others can't get to choose the nominee.
And, simon, since I don't have t.v. so maybe I don't get quite as discouraged.
Do not lose heart, or grow weary in well doing.
In the good words of one of our honored posters here, Tenn Slim:
We will prevail.
Jack in Wi.| 8.25.11 @ 7:56PM
The Media has been trying to lie about and surpress, coverage of Dr. Paul. It hasn't worked. He is by far the best candidate to ever run in my long life.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 10:06PM
Huh? I thought Ron Paul was their man?
You know he is.
Margie| 8.25.11 @ 3:07PM
"Ryan is the natural opponent of Obama. He has the demonstrated intellectual leadership that would make him a powerful force on the campaign trail, to say nothing of in debate."
And this:
"The independent vote has demonstrated that it is pro-growth. The independents are Ryan independents."
Mr. Tyrrell,
You get it. Me too.
I'm not going to forget Paul Ryan.. he is an up and coming star!!
God bless him. And you, too.
Oldefarte| 8.25.11 @ 3:39PM
For the POLLY WANT A CRACKER MORONS here, the subject of this editorial is Paul Ryan [NOT RON PAUL]. As to Paul, IMO he'd make a credible Treasury Secretary or economic advisor to a president, but I'm not convinced of his presidential credentials to date. He appears to be an extremesly intelligent numbers type guy, but maybe not so versed at discussing world events with Cameron etc. The Republican field as is seems to be adequate for choice, with variations of abilities present. It's just a matter of disecting the crowd to determine the best available to go face-to-face with the community organizer next year!!!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 8.25.11 @ 3:40PM
Correction: AS TO PAUL RYAN [not Ron Paul]!!!
Clint| 8.25.11 @ 7:31PM
"Rasmussen Has Ron Paul Running Closest With Obama
Erik Hayden Aug 24, 2011 :
Who does the president fare worst against in a head-to-head matchup? On Wednesday, Rasmussen released its latest nationwide early campaign survey. And right now, Barack Obama does well against Mitt Romney (46 to 38 percent) and narrowly leads Perry (43 to 40 percent) and Michele Bachmann (43 to 39 percent).
Which means, if you combine these results with the Rasmussen poll released Tuesday, the GOP candidate doing the best against the president is....Ron Paul? Yesterday's head-to-head poll showed the libertarian trailing the president 39 to 38 percent, by presumably the same methodology."
PCP Smoker| 8.25.11 @ 9:43PM
The candidates are out there and doing fine. The only people displeased with them are the typical CINOs in Washington DC and NY. Who the hell cares what they think? The last time I checked, they were 0 for 4 (Chirstie, Daniels, Ryan, and Huntsman).
Time to get back to trashing Sarah Palin, boys.
Caritas7s| 8.25.11 @ 9:50PM
Your headline is grossly misleading. Ryan withdrew from what? He has consistently said he is not running. Words matter. It would be good for you to correct your error.
Margie| 8.27.11 @ 1:40AM
He withdrew from never entering. Don't you get it? "^).
D Roamer | 8.25.11 @ 11:18PM
I would like to have someone run that has demonstrated leadership, that has to be a state governor. Perry, so far fills the bill. Ryan is a specialist, has not had the experience to get things done.
POST American| 8.26.11 @ 12:06AM
------Mandatory questions for every candidate-----
1. Are you now, or have you ever, been a member
of any occut or Freemasonic organization?
Have you ever taken any oaths to such?
What were those oaths?
2. Have you ever worked for or accepted
funding or assistance from ANY of our TAX
FREE, Globalism and EUGENICS 'charitable'
foundations?
3. Will you defend the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the sovereignty of the American
nation unto death?
4. Will you move to RETRO-actively nullify
our 4 decades of ILLEGAL, treasonous, Globalist
treaty making?
5. Will you move to abolish and capital crimes
prosecute the ILLEGAL, foreign owned, USURY debt serf generating 'Federal Reserve'?
6. Will you REVOKE the TAX FREE status o
the UTRA RICH, benny violent capstone
fundations and their thousands and thousands
of fronts?
7. Wil you capital crimes (EUGENICS and TREASON) prosecute and abolish the same?
8. Will you move to reverse the RED China
sellout and TREASON OP by first RETRO-actively
IMPEACHING our last 4 CFR front administrations?
9. Will you move to defund, exit and EXPEL
the private, corporate EUGENICS front U.N.,
and initiate a new chapter of the Nuremberg
Tribunal to investigate and prosecute the same?
-------The fun's just begining kiddies!
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Nice| 8.26.11 @ 12:22AM
And, simon, since I don't have t.v. so maybe I don't get quite as discouraged.
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Bob Grant| 8.26.11 @ 12:26AM
Folks, We need to consider ((3)) criteria in our search for the GOP nominee. All three are of equal importance:
* Specific positions on the Big Issues
* Electability
* Once in office, how EFFECTIVE would he/she be?
There simply is no one out there who sufficiently passes all three criteria. This why a team approach may be the ticket. What we should look for is a combo package that would fill the need. That would be
Rubio/Barbour
A young charismatic senator who's ideology is aligned with most conservatives, libertarians, and independents. A serious threat to the liberal establishment. His lack of years in Washington is his only negative and that's why Haley Barbour would serve as the perfect mentor/vice president for the young Mr. Rubio.
Once in office, this team could push through much conservative legislation because of Barbour's prowess at finding and pulling the levers in Washington.
This would be a juggernaut that would be hard to stop. Heck, it could bring forth a new crop of blue dog democrats-turned republican. The likes we haven't seen since Reagan.
Think about it.
Flit Andersen| 8.26.11 @ 6:28AM
So Ryan is worried he won't have weekends with the family.
I'll bet there are a whole bunch of our best over in the M/E missing their families, too.
But THEY understand their country NEEDS them.
Margie| 8.27.11 @ 1:42AM
So there! LOL.
Well, a man can change his mind, can't he?
You never know.