Okay, here’s the thing. Four years ago I pretty much quit contributing to the blog scene as I watched Republicans fall first for Fred Thompson – then Rudy – then for Mitt – then lastly for John McCain. To this day I can’t understand how anyone could support John McCain – and frankly the rest of those “acceptable” choices were underwhelming at best. Now I keep hearing that Republicans see Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney or Rick Perry or Sarah Palin or Mitch Daniels (if he runs) as ”acceptable” choices. Well maybe Mitch Daniels… but as for the rest of this crowd “pleeeeeaase”.
Pawlenty speaks only in tired cliches. I am suspect of public speaker who can’t figure out that boring his audience to death is a bad result. Mitt Romney is a mechanic. He fixes things. We don’t need fixes – we need redesign. When Mitt redesigns you get Obama Care. Rick Perry is only slightly a better speaker than Pawlenty. That said he manages to make George Bush look like the educated Texan. Sarah is a great cheerleader but she has never shown the breadth of understanding necessary to hold the highest office in the land. Mitch Daniels at least speaks well and can deliver a speech that sounds like he graduated High School.
Some want to say that this is not a weak field but it is. I want nothing more than to have Obama defeated in 2012 but here a year out it doesn’t look promising. The only Republican candidates I could support at this point are Paul – Cain and maybe Daniels. I simply have no faith in the rest of them. Paul knows his stuff and would push Americans to start thinking like Americans again. Cain – so far has acquitted himself elegantly and shown a penchant for honesty. That can’t be said of the rest of them. Daniels I don’t know yet. He gave a great speech at C-Pac I can give him that.