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Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann can be Tim Tebow, I’ll be Aaron Rodgers

This isn’t an anti-Tebow column. While I defend people like Bill Maher’s right to be a meanspirited, unfunny douchebag, I’ve said all I have to say aboot the Tebow haters. That said, when Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann claim they want to be the “Tim Tebow” of Iowa…have they looked at the numbers?

Nevermind the fact that after Rick Perry made his comment at the debate instead of him becoming the Tebow of Iowa, Tebow became the Rick Perry of football, they’re both comparing themselves to a Quarterback that has been mostly all media hype with average stats.   That is the worst possible comparison for a politician to make.  It’s the political equivalent of   the news media calling you a front runner even though most polls say you aren’t actually as competitive as everyone keeps saying you are.
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Newt Gingrich Judges Your Candidates Economic Plan

“Nothing will turn America around more than election night, when Barack Obama loses decisively.” - Newt Gingrich

My friend and colleague Jimmie Bise was lamenting the other day on the Twitters on how none of our candidates are talking aboot the issues (disclosure, we’re both Gingrich supporters). You hear a lot of who is being mean, who should drop out, who’s lying…the candidates are almost on the verge of ragging on each other mothers.

There’s hasn’t been nearly enough talk aboot jobs/taxes/economy at all, and that includes the candidates themselves not talking aboot their plans (Huntsman’s and Perry’s were particularly good). Newt Gingrich tried to rectify that with a bus tour across Iowa touting his economic plan…
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VIDEO Huntsman: “Ron Paul Sucks”

“Unelectable” highlights Congressman Ron Paul’s racist and homophobic newsletters and asks the question, “Can New Hampshire voters really trust Ron Paul?”

VIDEO: Newt Ad – “Winning the Argument”

Don’t Settle for Rick Perry

A lot of cats in the blogosphere have been coming out with endorsements of Rick Perry lately, but I’m not seeing it. What’s sad is that I really wanted to.

I know about the record, about the job growth and the tort reform. I know that he’s a strong advocate for the tenth amendment. I know that everyone I know who lives in Texas brags aboot what a great governor. Here’s the rub though: I only know these things because of my friends who live in Texas. Rick Perry has shown no ability whatsoever to communicate those things himself.
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How to Survive the Worst Case Scenario…Mitt Romney Winning the Nomination

As much as the grassroots might not like it, with actual voting taking place in less than a month, there’s a good chance that Mitt Romney is going to be our nominee. I know the conventional wisdom is that he’s going to destroy the conservative movement as we know it and that activists are going to stay home, delivering the election to President Obama. That doesn’t have to be the case.

The primary has been a race between Mitt Romney and Not Mitt Romney. The general looks like it’s going to be a race between Obama and Not Obama. Romney, at least according to the current polls, looks like the strongest Not Obama to draw independents, disenchanted Dems, and other voters who would not ever normally vote for a Republican.
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