Patterico's Pontifications

No, because it would be Palin re-dux.

AD-RtR/OS! (fa0134) — 1/4/2012 @ 1:45 pm

To answer the question: no.

I like the idea of Chris Christie for VP, though. Puts NJ into play, where it had been solid Democrat for years.

Chuck Bartowski (3bccbd) — 1/4/2012 @ 1:47 pm

she’s just so valuable where she is now in the house I think

happyfeet (a55ba0) — 1/4/2012 @ 1:47 pm

Romney could shore up his credentials like Mccain did by picking a Republican, but I think Bachmann’s behavior in the primary makes it seem like she wasn’t sincere sometimes and so this selection is unwise. There are many other conservatives Romney could pick who would work much better.

The others need her even less and I don’t even think she’s ready to be President, and this is the nominee’s first choice as candidate to show us how seriously he takes the job. That’s why I also think Rubio is a poor choice (lacks experience).

Perry might actually be a pretty good VP choice. You know he sure as hell can’t upstage you. But he already has a better job.

Christie is an awesome pick, even though I disagree with him on a few matters. It’s also very smart FOR Christie.

Dustin (cb3719) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:02 pm

No.
Romney\Petraeus

sickofrinos (44de53) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:10 pm

Romney / H Clinton!

Dustin (cb3719) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:11 pm

Please NO. We need to weed-out the candidates that didn’t belong in the race in the first place — and a 4 term representative from Minnesota with very little otherwise in her record to recommend her — didn’t belong in the race.

If its gender-politics, there are better choices.

shipwreckedcrew (fe3b5b) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:12 pm

I like Michele a lot, but she ran a tactically braindead campaign. Retiring T-Paw the insufferable is all good.

Best to just chalk this one up to experience and prepare to run against Frankenscheisster in 2014.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:38 pm

Many women (my sister included) are hesitant to support Romney. They’re angry over the treatment of young women by polygamous Mormon sects, especially the reports that surrounded the Warren Jeffs (FLDS) rape prosecution.

True, none of it can be reasonably attributed to Romney on any level, but the fear and anger against Mormon patriarchal domination is real and potentially damaging.

If Romney wants to broaden his appeal to women voters, he should consider a female VP or some other overt expression of respect for gender equality.

ropelight (e687bc) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:42 pm

I don’t think she’s going to be on anyones short list. I could see a number of people that might be considered. Christie is an obvious choice. The job involves being an attack dog, and I can’t think of anyone else that could fit that bill.

I think Jindal could be a good choice. I like Rubio, but I think he needs a bit more experience.

Eirik (02d12a) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:45 pm

Talking Romney VP:

I think Haley has the inside track for token woman, from the South as synergy. Mouthy and ambitious but stays on message well.

Rubio has more cachet but might outshine Turgidson.

Jindal even better. West is green but snatches some military cred.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:45 pm

Romney/NotRomney!

Colonel Haiku (5b04f4) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:49 pm

best of both worlds…

Colonel Haiku (5b04f4) — 1/4/2012 @ 2:51 pm

Talking Newt Michele might work but for her out-of-the-blue Tardisil and Newt-buying-SC-TEAs hyena chokers.

He needs a Westerner, Rodriquez? Too new?

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:04 pm

Christie brings no electoral votes, buy him with Attorney General promise or some such.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:19 pm

What about Bedhead Noem, a tabula rasa if there ever was? Giffords?

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:25 pm

I still think with Paul cruising to second in NH, Romney will need his piddling electoral votes and deal for Rand.

Got the AC/DC vpte cornered.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:41 pm

Say, they haven’t even built the cart yet, and you’re already trying to get a horse into the traces?

AD-RtR/OS! (fa0134) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:44 pm

Her failed presidential candidacy is not a credential, it’s a warning flag.

She brings nothing unique or particularly useful to the mix as a potential Veep candidate. Others who have less baggage and, in many cases, things to offer that she doesn’t — like a record of genuine accomplishment on a statewide or national stage.

If she wants to contribute to the conservative movement and good government, it’s time for her to be a workhorse instead of a showhorse in her current job.

Beldar (bd62f3) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:54 pm

I think Bachmann went too negative on folks to be a VP.

Somebody today mentioned the person that shall not be named, lest we here from EPWJ and feets

Maybe this goes elsewhere, but Rushbo predicts newt will stay in just to make life he– for Romney as payback for thre attacks of the superpac in Iowa

MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:55 pm

Or, start preparing for a run against Mark Dayton, who can be beat by the fleas on my dog!

AD-RtR/OS! (fa0134) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:56 pm

Doc, you forget that the ability to “go negative” is a feature, not a bug, for Veep candidates.

AD-RtR/OS! (fa0134) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:57 pm

@ AD-RtR/OS! (#1 — 1/4/2012 @ 1:45 pm): I agree that the left and the mainstream media would savage Bachmann as a Veep nominee in the same ways they did Sarah Palin.

Otherwise I think the comparison to Gov. Palin is undeservedly flattering to Rep. Bachmann. Gov. Palin had a much more impressive set of career accomplishments as a public servant at several different levels. Rep. Bachmann is in many ways an impressive individual, but she has been completely ineffectual in Congress.

Beldar (bd62f3) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:59 pm

Negative is fine, it’ll prepare the eventual nominee for what’s in store for them from Obama, the DNC and the MSM.

Colonel Haiku (5b04f4) — 1/4/2012 @ 3:59 pm

Otherwise I think the comparison to Gov. Palin is undeservedly flattering to Rep. Bachmann.

I agree.

Palin was a successful governor. A short time there, but that alone puts her ahead of most of the current candidates (not that I really think it’s sufficient, which says a lot about the current field).

Dustin (cb3719) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:02 pm

Gov. Palin had a much more impressive set

Ditto that!

Icy (44e33c) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:09 pm

But one needs to go negative at the right person the right way. IMHO, which is the only correct one, they all should have adhered to reagan’s 11th commandment and took turns on obama. Pick the best candidate that can go after Obama.

So, we all expect that Ron Paul will only fade from here, do we expect Newt or Perry or Huntsman to come back big enough within the next 3 to be viable contenders? Do we expect them to go “quietly”, or try to take out someone (Mainly Romney) along with them.
McCain’s endorsement may help in NH, not sure it’s positive overall.

MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:09 pm

What a week!
Romney sucks -> Iowa Caucus sucks -> the entire GOP field sucks
Things change so fast; sometimes it’s hard to keep up.

Icy (44e33c) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:13 pm

the VP nominee, as the eventual pres nominee, will be savaged whether male or female and independent of whatever other classification they fall into

remember, Repubs (all non-Dems) like children to go to bed hungry, breath dirty air, and drink dirty water- and those are the nice repubs

Anything, anything, to make sure one of them doesn’t get elected

MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:15 pm

From the Wall Street Journal’s “Best of the Web” email

January 4, 2012 — 5:44 p.m. EST

By JAMES TARANTO

^^^^^^^

Bye-Ku for Michele Bachmann

She of “crazy eyes”
May be crazy like a fox
News contributor

Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:16 pm

McCain’s endorsement is what it is, probably doesn’t matter much.

Negative friendly fire is fine as long as it is factual. It will toughen the eventual nominee up and also help to reveal the character of those who engage in it, as well the character of whoever it’s used against and how it’s handled by them.

Colonel Haiku (5b04f4) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:17 pm

Bachmann is by far
the bestest female evah
from Minnesota

Colonel Haiku (5b04f4) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:20 pm

There’s always tomorrow, Ice Man.

Colonel Haiku (5b04f4) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:22 pm

Comment by MD in Philly — 1/4/2012 @ 4:09 pm

So, we all expect that Ron Paul will only fade from here,

Radicals like him usually go all the way to the convention and are the last to drop out. If there are people who consider him mainstream, that will go away.

do we expect Newt or Perry or Huntsman to come back big enough within the next 3 to be viable contenders? Do we expect them to go “quietly”, or try to take out someone (Mainly Romney) along with them.
McCain’s endorsement may help in NH, not sure it’s positive overall.

Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:22 pm

Huntsman is not going to do anything other than in New Hampshire and he should lose votes in New Hampshire as people realize he is not a viable candidate anywhere else unless people like him very very much.

Perry is pretty abandoning campaigning in New Hampshire – he will see what happens in South Carolina, mostly participating in order to have a more dignified exit. I think you are right. McCain’ endorsement could help in New Hampshire but too much inasmuch as Romney is not unknown. If he had endorsed someone else, that would have helped.

Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:26 pm

Comment by Beldar — 1/4/2012 @ 3:59 pm

You know, as well as I, that to be “effective” in Congress requires membership in the Majority, which eluded Bachmann the first four years of her time there; the last year she’s spent on her improbable quest.

Now would be the time to do something “effective”, particularly if she has, or can attain, a chairmanship of a relevant sub-committee.

My only comparison between the ladies was that as a Veep nominee, they were (and would be) savaged by a Progressive media and snob-culture.
I entirely recognize the vastly greater experience, particularly executive experience, possessed by The Saracuda; and pointedly remarked during the ’08 campaign that she had the most executive experience of any of the major candidates: Obama, Biden, McCain!

AD-RtR/OS! (fa0134) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:27 pm

I don’t think too many people want to see Bachmann on a national ticket.

Now Gingrich/Santorum – that’s quite possible. Santorum/?

Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:28 pm

I think a Gingrich Veep pick would be someone from outside DC, Santorum does not fit that profile.
With Newt, you just could get a Gary Johnson, but more likely a Susana Martinez, or a Brian Sandoval – both westerners, both conservative, both Hispanic.

[note: fished from spam filter. –Stashiu]

AD-RtR/OS! (fa0134) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:35 pm

“Bachmann Suspends Campaign”

Well, she probably needs a rest. Sounding like a lunatic is hard work.

Dave Surls (46b08c) — 1/4/2012 @ 4:40 pm

Michele Backmann is Sarah Palin without the executive experience: conservative, a real babe, and some who likes to taste her own toes way too much. A solidly conservative running mate would help Mitt Romney if he wins the nomination, but Mrs Bachmann just ain’t it; any of the others who win the nomination will be looking for someone much differenjt.

The Dana who still supports Rick Perry (f68855) — 1/4/2012 @ 5:03 pm

Michele on the stump sure is hot;
Good looks? She has a lot!
But she tried to run
And now she is done
Prez or VP? Surely not!

The Limerick Avenger (f68855) — 1/4/2012 @ 5:06 pm

Icy wrote:

Gov. Palin had a much more impressive set

Ditto that!

What, you don’t appreciate Mrs Bachmann’s feminine charms? I certainly do, both of them.

The sexist Dana (f68855) — 1/4/2012 @ 5:12 pm

Dana, you still want Rick?
C’mon man, he’s just a hick!
He had his fun
In his brief run,
But man, he ain’t worth a lick.

The Limerick Avenger (f68855) — 1/4/2012 @ 5:15 pm

I think that Michele
Bit off more than she could chew;
Her campaign upchuck’d.

The Haiku Avenger (f68855) — 1/4/2012 @ 5:17 pm

It’s disappointing that the female R’s are such easy targets. It’s difficult me to take them seriously. Bachmann would have been a repeat of Palin – probably worse because the media is now so practiced at vicious attacks and smear jobs.

With that, is there any more fearless junkyard dog than Chris Christie?

Dana (4eca6e) — 1/4/2012 @ 6:11 pm

it was stupid for Nikki Haley to sell her endorsement to Wall Street Romney I think

happyfeet (3c92a1) — 1/4/2012 @ 6:15 pm

Well, much prettier Dana, it’s at least in part because Republican women are so pretty; sometimes that means they aren’t taken seriously. Hillary Clinton was taken seriously, because she is so butt ugly.

The snarky Dana (f68855) — 1/4/2012 @ 6:24 pm

I doubt she’d get a VP nod. She just pulled 5% in the state of her birth.

Mitch (a61168) — 1/4/2012 @ 6:31 pm

No, I don’t agree that one has to be in the majority to be “effective” in Congress. Quite the opposite is true: Effective opposition is often what saves the day. Rep. Bachmann hasn’t demonstrated that either. Shrill opposition, yes; effective, no evidence of that at all. On a national level, what can you point to that would have come out any differently had she been hit by a bus in 2005?

She has a flair for the dramatic. We need substance, not drama.

Beldar (bd62f3) — 1/4/2012 @ 6:40 pm

Romney / H Clinton!

No one in their right mind would stand between Hilary and the Presidency.

Kevin M (563f77) — 1/4/2012 @ 7:34 pm

49. “Effective opposition is often what saves the day.”

Indeed, behead the GOP, lime their corpses and move on.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 7:35 pm

She could be Ron Paul’s VP.

Kevin M (563f77) — 1/4/2012 @ 7:39 pm

36. Issa is about the only endorser of Romamba who I’d welcome back to DC.

The rest are lickspittle parasites.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 7:40 pm

Yeah crappyfeet it was but the romneybots will descend upon you like a bunch of ravenous vultures.

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/4/2012 @ 7:43 pm

The Perrynistas are decidedly bitter tonight. Must not have found their sister’s portraits at the USPS office becoming.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 7:51 pm

38. I dunno why, Santorum reminds me of Subway Slim, Jeremy is it? He needs a foot-long as a prop.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/4/2012 @ 7:56 pm

Bachmann is by far
the bestest female evah
from Minnesota

— Loni Anderson, Jessica Biel, Jane Russell, Winona Ryder, Lea Thompson, Cheryl Tiegs . . .

Icy (44e33c) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:21 pm

I think the two-word description that best captures Sen. Santorum is “painfully earnest.”

He was not a small-government free-market fiscal hawk as a senator. He’s a traditional northeastern Republican; if he’s indeed a Tea Partier, he’s a recent convert, not one by history or nature. But he’s been relatively consistent, and within that, consistently conservative (in most senses of that term).

He’s capable of Bob Dole-like snarling, and he not quite suppressed a pronounced tendency to whine.

On the campaign trail, including during his speech after the results were announced last night, he’s repeating things he’s been saying for months. That is commendable for consistency. But ask: Why is his campaign only taking off now?

The obvious answer is that he’s the last credible non-Romney still standing. He’s the non-Romney flavor-of-the-day. Can he convert that flirtation into a genuine broad-based national romance?

I worry that Sen. Santorum lost his last race in PA so badly. There’s no shame in losing to a Democrat in purple-at-best PA, and 2006 was a tough year for GOP incumbents generally. But when one looks at the margin by which he lost, one is forced to conclude that he somehow managed to lose a fair number of voters who generally vote for conservatives and who, indeed, had voted for him six years previously. That troubles me.

But then, I also worry that Gov. Romney lost in 2008 to John McCain (who then proceeded to get blown out by Obama).

We need a better system to pick our candidates. The current system has permanently embedded some very counter-productive influences, and it’s consistently producing nominees who are not among the best possibilities the GOP has to offer.

Beldar (bd62f3) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:22 pm

Ron Paul/Obama 2012.

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:24 pm

The most memorable elevator ride of my life was with Cheryl Tiegs, but I didn’t realize she was from Minnesota.

Beldar (bd62f3) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:31 pm

Charming story, Beldar.

Trump’s tweet about Bachmann’s campaign suspension made me chuckle. His vanity knows no end…

Michele Bachmann just dropped out of prez race— when she didn’t do the Newsmax debate it showed great disloyalty and people rejected her.

Dana (4eca6e) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:37 pm

I was most dissapointed with the previous round, Beldar, How Guiliani was savaged, Thompson was dismissed, and Huckabee stuck around like a wild
razorback, preventing any challenge to McCain,

I guess this is why I was so enthused by your profiles of Palin, back in the summer of 2008. Like they say ‘be careful what you wish for’ as we saw the total media wilding, that she’s been through for nearly three years, Unsurprisingly, the rest of the candidates, learned no lesson from that experience, that facts don’t matter a tinker’s damn in this world. The Cain Mutiny having been the most recent example.

narciso (87e966) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:39 pm

What if North Korea invades us during Obamas tenure?

Gotta love the left who insist Palin and Bachmanns job is at home pleasing their men but yet if we oppose Abortion women will be alienated.

And what if Palin runs in 2016 and defends us from Iran successfully?

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:41 pm

Chris Christies job is to be at home to please his wife.

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:42 pm

Those who think Palin and Bachmann are dumb would rather have Gloria Allred as president and watch us be taken over by jihadists while she styles herself up for another ambulance chasing endeavor.

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/4/2012 @ 8:47 pm

But then, I also worry that Gov. Romney lost in 2008 to John McCain (who then proceeded to get blown out by Obama).

— Uh, excuse me, Mr. Beldar?

In 1976 Ronald Reagan lost to Gerad Ford, who then proceeded to be defeated by Jimmy Carter. And what happened four years later?

Let not your heart be troubled, as Mr Hannity likes to say.

Icy (44e33c) — 1/4/2012 @ 9:05 pm

My dad rode in an elevator with Sean Connery once.

My mom has never forgiven him.

Icy (44e33c) — 1/4/2012 @ 9:09 pm

Punch the elevator keys for gods sake.

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/4/2012 @ 9:10 pm

Chris Christies job is to be at home to please his wife.

— The mental image that sentence conjures up will shatter any decent person’s perception of what is good and right and beautiful in this world.

Icy (44e33c) — 1/4/2012 @ 9:15 pm

Romney\Demint

sickofrinos (44de53) — 1/4/2012 @ 10:01 pm

Coal power plants causes Climate Change?

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/4/2012 @ 10:13 pm

“Gerad”? Ay, carumba!

Icy (44e33c) — 1/4/2012 @ 10:21 pm

Romney\Demint

Romney/Huntsman is more likely.

Kevin M (563f77) — 1/4/2012 @ 10:50 pm

73-
We’re doomed;
Doomed, I say!

AD-RtR/OS! (fa0134) — 1/4/2012 @ 11:41 pm

R R R R
What begins with R?

Romney Rubio Republican

R R R

Dr MayBee Suess (081489) — 1/5/2012 @ 12:49 am

57. Forgot Tippi Hedren, was in Marnie, a Sean Connery two-fer.

73, 74. Princess will bring doom anyone’s career. Rubio and DeMint notwithstanding. Sucka will destroy Conservatism as certainly as Strap-on has destroyed Progressivism.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/5/2012 @ 1:06 am

Romany magic masonry:

Fellate the left and fight the Right.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/5/2012 @ 1:11 am

66. Ronnie lost to the sitting Prez. Romany lost to Dudley Doright.

Analogies require symmetry.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/5/2012 @ 1:14 am

58. “We need a better system to pick our candidates.”

Thank you AZ. Jerks.

Last time McLame keeling over was a live option. Seventy two, prior two Srs. McCain dead early.

DeMint and Rubio need to garrot McConnell in lacy pantyhose before I vote Romany.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/5/2012 @ 1:27 am

Economic slowdown under Ford became economic disaster under Carter.

See any symmetry yet?

Icy (e6ad7f) — 1/5/2012 @ 1:32 am

Thank you AZ. Jerks.

S’okay?

S’awright!

Icy (e6ad7f) — 1/5/2012 @ 1:39 am

Romney\Patraeus or Romney\Demint-
I’m trying to find any way I could vote for mittens.
Palin was why I voted mcshame.
It is all over for Michele.

sickofrinos (44de53) — 1/5/2012 @ 2:24 am

80. Ford Speaker when disaster befell the US in stagflation. Visited Phoenix and Vegas.

Your memory is lopsided.

gary gulrud (d88477) — 1/5/2012 @ 5:11 am

Really you can’t see that Reagan worked, because he challenged not only Carter, but the timid, Nixon Ford detente-economic status quo.

narciso (87e966) — 1/5/2012 @ 5:33 am

re: post #57… those are all pin-ups, Icy. May you find the love of your life as I did many years ago.

And yes, she’s looking over my shoulder…

Colonel Haiku (db8df3) — 1/5/2012 @ 8:09 am

Beldar-
Wonderful story. Impressive that you did manage to say something.

Bill Bennett once told the story of being at some muckety-muck cocktail party years ago and Linda Evans, starring in Dallas at the time was there. Being mainly DC and not Hollywood or NYC types, she was actually standing more or less alone when Mr. Bennett and his wife introduced themselves and made small talk.

As far as Santorum’s loss in his Senate re-election bid, it should be pointed out that the Dems had the perfect candidate, one that likely would not have even been promoted by the Dems anywhere else.

Bob Casey, Jr. was the son of an incredibly popular governor whose positions were much more like the “compassionate conservatism” of George Bush than the Democratic Party of 2006. In fact, he was already known as being outside of the Dem mainstream years earlier when he was denied an opportunity to speak at the Dem Nat. Convention because everyone expected he would make a pro-life message. Of course, that distinction only made his support stronger among his base in PA.

From what little I absorbed in the PA air, Bob Casey Jr. was largely known as his father’s son, not really known for any thing he had done or stands he had taken for himself. Even the Pro-life stand of his campaign was inherited largely from his father with nothing to contradict it. When I first heard he was going to run against Santorum I wrote to his office, FWIWW, to tell him it was apparent that being a Dem was more important to him than being Pro-life, and while I would have been happy to vote for him over Specter and probably over anybody or anything else, I would not vote for him over Santorum, suggested his father was a better man and would have been ashamed of him, and if he went ahead against Santorum I would not vote for him ever for anything. Unfortuntaly that did not persuade him, though I bet I wasn’t the only one who felt that way and told him so.

So I am unsure if his poor performance in PA predicts a poor showing nationwide, or that he would have a poor showing against a pro-life moderate Dem. of whom Obama is not one.

But Bono likes Santorum and should get out and campaign for him.

MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 1/5/2012 @ 2:10 pm

Now it’s Eugene Robinson of wash po picking up where his fellow douchebag Colmes left off:

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/01/05/partisan-politics-santorum-stillborn-baby/

Colonel Haiku (db8df3) — 1/5/2012 @ 2:24 pm

I finally heard a real live voter person spontaneously relate the story of the dead Santorum baby in real life.

They were genuinely dismayed. I offered that apparently that’s more common then you’d think.

They ask me how I knew that and I said I read it online.

But that didn’t seem to have much effect really.

happyfeet (a55ba0) — 1/5/2012 @ 2:27 pm

*than* you’d think I mean

happyfeet (a55ba0) — 1/5/2012 @ 2:28 pm

They were genuinely dismayed. I offered that apparently that’s more common then you’d think.

I think the ‘we probably shouldn’t just people for how they react to such a horrible loss’ is a better defense.

I personally don’t see how Santorum can beat Obama. It’s impressive he tied Romney’s seven figure Iowa operation with a coinstar receipt, but mostly that’s a measurement of Romney’s weakness (not to mention the weakness of the guys he actually beat).

Some of these people simply do not have enough experience to justify even running for president, IMO.

Dustin (cb3719) — 1/5/2012 @ 2:34 pm

I think it’s safe to say that the Santorum has hit the high-water mark.

happyfeet (a55ba0) — 1/5/2012 @ 2:35 pm

Not safe at all.

The next day (this is maybe all after the caucus) the Rasmussen poll of likely GOP Primary voters in South Carolina had Mitt Romney at 27% (actually up from 23% in early November) Santorum at 24%, Newt Gingrich at 18% and Ron Paul at 11%. Rick Perry had five percent (5%) Jon Huntsman had two percent (2%). Another two percent (2%) some other candidate, and 11% remain undecided. This 11% means add 10% to all votes.

After South Carollina comes the bog state of Florida. The Nevada caucuses then nothing for one month till March 6.
Romney is losing about 2 points every day.

How Santorum does in South Carolina probably depends on who comes in second in New Hampshire or on whom if anyone a coalition of evangelicals endorses.

Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/9/2012 @ 11:54 am

The morning of teh Iowa caucuses, ABC News collected and sent via email the various predictions of the people involved with its election coverage:

George Stephanapolous said that Romney would come in first, but he “wouldn’t be surprised by Ron Paul or Santorum.” (Really out on a limb there)

Matthew Dowd said Rick Santorum would come in first (What do you know?? He may turn out to be right after all. But people probably won’t have their betting results on Intrade and elsewhere reversed, unless their waiting for final results. I didn’t check.)

Rick Klein, Senior Washington Editor, World News with Diane Sawyer said it would go:

Romney, Santorum, Paul, Perry, Gingrich, Bachmann, Huntsman. (He got Gingrich behind Perry)

Amy Walter, ABC News Political Director said:

Romney, Santorum, Paul, Gingrich, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman (Very good)

Jonathan Karl, ABC News Senior Political Correspondent:

Santorum, Romney, Paul, Gingrich, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman (also close)

Z. Byron Woilf, ABCNews.com Politics Editor

Romney, Perry, Paul, Santorum, Gingrich, Bachmann, Huntsman (Big mistake about Rick perry and Rick Santorum)

“(These predictions were altered before caucus time)” (THE ONES BEFORE THAT PARAGRAPH?)

Chris Good, ABC News political unit

Romney, Santorum, Paul, Gingrich, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman (very good)

Eliabeth Hartfield, ABC News political unit

Romney, Santorum, Paul, Perry, Gingrich, Bachmann, Huntsman (reversed Perry and Gingrich)

Matt Negrin, ABC News political reporter

Paul, Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman

(A lot rong. Paul wins, santorum behind Gingrich)

Sara Just, Senior Washington Editor, ABC News Digital

Paul, Romney, Santorum, Perry, Gingrich, Bachman, Huntsman

(Paul leading and Gingrich behind Perry)

Amy Bingham, ABC News political reporter

Romney, Paul, Santorum, Perry, Gingrich, Bachmann, Huntsman

(Santorum 3rd and Perry ahead of Gingrich)

Huma Khan, ABC News digital reporter

Romney, Santorum, Paul, Gingrich, Perry, Bachmann, Huntsman

(very good)

Karen Travers, ABC News correspondent

Romney, Paul, Santorum, Perry, Gingrich, Bachmann, Huntsman

(again santorum not high enough, Perry too high also Paul)

George Sanchez, ABC News Assignment Editor

Santorum, Romney, Paul, Perry, Bachmann, Gingrich, Huntsman

Bachmann ahead of Gingrich??

Sarah Parnass, ABC News’ wicked smart intern

Romney, Paul, Santorum, Gingrich, Bachmann, Perry, Huntsman

(also Bachmann far too high, and Santorum too low)

Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/9/2012 @ 12:12 pm

Eff Bachmann.

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/9/2012 @ 12:58 pm

Our electricity prices will necessarily skyrocket if Obama gets his way.

Dohbiden (ef98f0) — 1/9/2012 @ 12:59 pm

In New York (and Long Island) electricity rates are way above what it costs in most of the rest of the country. About double what it says on the refeigerator labels.

http://www.coned.com/documents/Average_Monthly_Electric_Bills_2001-2010.pdf

Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/9/2012 @ 1:04 pm

Jonah Goldberg wrote january 6:

When Newt surged last month, everyone said his timing couldn’t have been better. If you’re going to surge, surge late, goes the conventional wisdom. Townhall magazine’s cover for January features Newt vs. Mitt with the tagline “Gingrich: The last non-Romney standing.”

Well, they — we — were wrong. Think of it this way: Remember when Indiana Jones is escaping
that South American temple and he manages to slide under the closing door in the nick of time? The audience thinks he just made it with not a moment to spare. But wait — then he grabs his hat! The hat is Santorum.

Okay, don’t think of it that way. But you get my point.

Sammy Finkelman (d3daeb) — 1/9/2012 @ 1:05 pm

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