Wow, that's your best shot? Really?
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Wow, that's your best shot? Really?
Mitt Romney -- suddenly down by more than double digits -- "went after" new GOP presidential frontrunner Rick Perry today. Perry's a longtime state official in Texas, governor for the last 11 years, while Romney's most recently been in the home improvement field. So did Romney attack Perry for his anti-science know-nothingism, or his Texas-sized political cronyism?
Though Mr. Romney has assiduously avoided taking on one rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, Mr. Romney took a veiled swipe at Mr. Perry in a speech Tuesday before the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention in San Antonio.
“I have spent most of my life outside of politics, dealing with real problems in the real economy,” Mr. Romney said. “Career politicians got us into this mess, and they simply don’t know how to get us out.”
Veiled swipe? More like an iron-curtained, totally opaque swipe? The important thing to remember is the reason that Mitt Romney is not a career politician is simply because he's not very good at it. He ran for the U.S. Senate as long ago as 1994, when he was still a Reagan denier, went into a non-political political job in running the 2002 Utah Winter Olympics, ran for governor of Massachusetts (OK, he did win that one) and ran for president in 2008 and wasn't even the GOP runner up. Now this "non-career politician" is running for office yet again.
And you know what? Come Jan. 20, 2013, Mitt Romney still won't be a career politician.
Hmmm...Romney, Perry, or the head of the ATF being re-assigned and "mainstream media outlets" actually reporting this story? Yeah baby I know what Will's leading with, you betcha.— m13sully
Of course, the NYPost article buried the lede: "PPP said that Wednesday's release will show that in a head-to-head matchup, Perry trails President Barack Obama 49 percent to 43 percent. Obama benefited from independent voters who favored him by 56 percent to 32 percent." You'd think Romney could convince more of the base that he may be the only choice that can beat Obama in 2012.- Seems to me the GOP needs more candidates. I am pretty sure they are still a few shy of the record held by Ringling bros. for most clowns in the VW.— Mr. Baseball
- Crazy or Inept that are the choice as of today for the republican nomination and the crazies think that they are going to have a big year in 2012! What a joke, or should I say the joke is on the Republican/Tea Party.
BTW, Will when are you going to do some real reporting? Like how the “Investment made by the invisible hands” to third part groups are returning $10 for each $1 they “investment" in these groups?
— DavidAG - Maybe Mitt should have one of his wives help him write his comebacks and attacks.— taxmannncometh
- Will sure seems to dislike Perry. He must really be scaring the looney left.— cb54
- Which ecomomic problem was Mitt Romney solving?— SteveMG
- Didn't Perry get a D in Economics. Minimum wage and no benefit jobs for everyone is Perry's way— cuso20
- ...which is an improvement over no wages/jobs. — legatus
- My blind, deaf dog could be a better President that Barack Obama.
I will take real world experience over "educators" and their theories.— Manny Trillo - Perry got a D in economics?......Brack Obama got a _____ in Economics-We do not know because he will not release his grades- Why would such an intelligent guy with a supposed high IQ not release all his grades and thesis? Stange- we knew George Bush's grades....— Manny Trillo
- Remember when we found out that Kerry's grades were lower than Bushes? I suspect Mr. Obama's are the same too. — Timo3004
- Well we now know that Manny Trillo is part of the goon population that despises education for fear that they might have to use their brains for something.— taxmannncometh
- Manny Trillo - "strange" is certainly the operative word in your comments.— 1980
- Manny Trillo - "strange" is certainly the operative word in your comments.— 1980
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