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Debate Winners (Gingrich, Cain, Bachmann) Remind Me There Is A Long Way To Go

Sep. 13, 2011 4:20pm

The Republican field “flipped the script” Monday night at the CNN/Tea Party debate.

Conventional analysis for the past month has been that the GOP field is a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.  But if a casual viewer (which describes most of America) tuned in to the debate, the reaction had to be, “Wow, check out Newt Gingrich. He’s good.  He must be leading in the polls, right?”

No. No he’s not.  The polls reflect conventional analysis…or conventional analysis reflects the polls (I’m not sure which), with Romney and Perry clearly in the lead. But if last night’s debate is any indication, conventional analysis is looking like “Dewey Defeats Truman.” The winners of last night’s debate, in my mind, were Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and Michelle Bachmann.

Gingrich drove the debate with smart, substantive points.  Herman Cain was funny and charming as usual, but is starting to add more substance. And Bachmann brought up one of the most important points of the night with Perry’s Gardasil social-conservative-problem/government-mandate-problem/crony-capitalism-problem. (Bachmann has since jumped the shark, as Meredith posted earlier.)

Perry struggled and stammered on issues from immigration to Texas job growth.  At the end of the night he looked like a punch drunk boxer staggering around the ring.  And Romney, while performing better than Perry, at times sounded like 2004 John Kerry defending Social Security.

The performances of Gingrich, Cain and Bachmann reminded us that there is still a long way to go in this process.  I’m not saying Gingrich, Cain or Bachmann will win the primary. In fact, I’m saying they won’t.  But I’m saying there is a long way to go.

There is plenty of time for Rick Perry to pull a Fred Thompson. (Thompson entered the 2008 GOP primary in September 2007 to high expectations. By January he fizzled out of the race.)  And there is still plenty of time for Chris Christie to pull a Bill Clinton. (Clinton didn’t enter the 1992 Democratic primary until October of 1991.  And he won.)

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  • aurora1920
    Posted on September 13, 2011 at 10:43pm

    I want any reader here to suspend all judgment until you see/hear/read Buddy Roemer. Just check out his website.

    I happened upon Buddy by flipping on C-Span a couple weeks ago. He was talking to the National Press Club. Within MINUTES I knew–here’s my candidate!

    Why? Because I am a political junkie on the issue of what call our suicidal trade policy. It is foolish, silly, sophmoric to TALK ABOUT job creation until we do something about our trade agreements. I could go on about how preposterous they are, but you all know the results?? We make nothing here, we charge China 2.5 tariff, they charge us for exports to China 25 per cent.

    Roemer makes HIS job speech in front of the Chinese embassy and tells it like it is — China is the bear eating our jobs and we (at behest of multinational corporations) DID IT TO OURSELVES!

    I don’t agree with everything Roemer wants to do, but I confess I joined up before I ever read the rest of his platform because TRADE is the economic priority.

    “IT’S THE GLOBALIZED, SO-CALLED ‘FREE’ TRADE ECONOMY STUPID!”

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  • ladyhawke2
    Posted on September 13, 2011 at 9:33pm

    I’m thinking about the losers here….us. Once again the state run media is choosing our candidate for us. All we see is the ‘Top 3′ Romney,Perry and Bachman…day in and day out. So naturally when someone takes a poll those with the most ‘face time’ have the most recognition and end up 1, 2, and 3. I already know all I need to know about them, I want to hear more from ‘the other guys’. Frankly, I’m liking any of the ‘Top 3′ less every day. I refuse to be spoon-fed my candidate..a la McCain. Remember when McCain was flying coach and carrying his own bags, everyone was laughing at him, then suddenly he was getting a little more attention, then a lot of attention, then all of a sudden he was ‘our guy’….well……here we go again. I was always luke warm on Newt but he’s starting to look like the only adult in the race. How ’bout Rick S.? Lets hear more from him. I hope somehow FOX gets the message and runs a decent debate and not a school yard brawl.

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