GOP Money Men are Down To Two
With the GOP horse race seemingly between Romney and Dick Perry, the Republican establishment is in a quandary.
With elites hesitating over both the painfully cautious, independent-voter-friendly Romney and the blustery, activist-charming Perry, their affections could still turn either way in the next two months.
Put another way: It’s shaping up as a choice between one candidate who looks electable and another who might be inevitable.
“People being more careful and looking for a candidate that has sustainability,” said Cathy Bailey, a major George W. Bush donor who served as ambassador to Latvia.
“They’re gonna bet on that candidate that’s gonna be able to take it across the finish line,” she said, referring to both the primary and the general election. “If you see a horse really pulling away, you have people fall in line behind that person.”
The GOP Money guys are probably smart enough to put a ton of money down on both outcomes.
I don’t know…I still say Jon Huntsman is the dark horse. Very civil w/ Piers Whoyoucallit the other day, and I find that real compelling. Plus, he’s on the nail w/ China relations–and when you’re looking at jobs—like the guy, said a billion Chinese know who he is and respected him–he just needs to get known in the US. Obama, I think will be less well rested if this guy’s campaign gets traction.
Of all the possible GOP outcomes, Jon Huntsman would not make me want to kill myself.
BTW – between the drought and the fires, that pretty much proves that God hates Perry, right? I mean… if you think God responds to prayer and stuff.
Here is a pretty concise summation of the modern GOP.
You have to wonder why Obama does not see what everyone else in the country sees in today’s GOP.
Let’s enter RealityWorld, shall we? Huntsman is within the margin of error. Like Cain, Gingrich and Santorum, he doesn’t stand a chance.
Obama early on…….
I don’t have to wonder. Obama, most of the Dems, and all the GOP are sucking money from the same teat.
Mitt will submit his 59 point jobs plan. Lets see, how many 3rd world countries are there so Mitt could ship more of our jobs too. Huntsman is saner than all the others and if the candidate would give Obama a real run. Romney, Perry and Bachman are just in it for the power…none can win, if Obama stops listening to his corporate crowd and starts acting like FDR. He could use his Executive Order to create jobs as FDR did, but he wont.
Obama may have been in the margin of error as an unknown U.S. Senate candidate in 2006. But from the minute he was elected, he was scoring fairly big in the polls.
Huntsman is running a serious campaign for the presidency that is just laughable because it’s not serious at all. Any of the lower-tier candidates who actually believe they can win are delusional and ought to have their heads examined.
Let me know if I’ve got this straight, only Pandora or Cassandra have the intellect to achieve open thread.
You ought to be ashamed. I know there are conservatives with more dedication than you pull toys. They have no readers nor any common sense, but still….
Is Joe Cass drunk? Because @9:55 makes zero sense.
yes, you make no sense. Link to today’s open thread then fetch me a scotch.bitch.
Laphroaig, please. I only asked nicely because I didn’t want to say out loud that anon is stoopid. But I did, and it is.