Comments on: Thinning The Debate Herd http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/22/thinning-the-debate-herd/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 13 May 2026 04:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/22/thinning-the-debate-herd/#comment-16239 Michale Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:07:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4553#comment-16239 <I>Remember the old Bud Lite commercials? Less filling, fewer calories.</I> Uhhh..... That would be Miller Light... :D Michale....... Remember the old Bud Lite commercials? Less filling, fewer calories.

Uhhh.....

That would be Miller Light... :D

Michale.......

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/22/thinning-the-debate-herd/#comment-16234 dsws Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:00:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4553#comment-16234 Someone call Herd Thinners. http://www.kevinandkell.com/ Someone call Herd Thinners. http://www.kevinandkell.com/

]]> By: DerFarm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/22/thinning-the-debate-herd/#comment-16232 DerFarm Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:36:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4553#comment-16232 I have political axioms that I'd like to enumerate concerning running for Presidential nominations of specific parties. You are out of your mind to think you have a successful chance to run for president in either party IF: 1. The head of an organization your party strenously denies supporting defeats you in the primary 2. your name identification in your home congressional district is < 50% 3. you can't win your party's nomination to statewide office and you are the most extreme candidate in the primary ... in one of the most extreme states. 4. you lose your race for statewide RE-election by 10 points 5. The only notice you actually get is that you can't play with the big boys ... and only the other side knows. 6. You start off in competition with someone who is actually better known for what you do. Everyone can fill in the blanks above. You'll notice that I didn't include Newt, Ron Paul, and Michelle (she got in before Perry). Newt isn't really running. He's selling books and arranging speaking tours. Ron Paul isn't really running. He's trying to get his ideas before a broader audience before he's forced to drop out for lack of interest. He is succeeding. I don't know if its helping his ideas however. Most people have an affinity for his constitutional devotion, but the more extreme constitutional stances mimic and support a form of predator capitalism that is not particularly attractive after about 1 hour of serious thought. You can't have one without the other. Michelle Bachmann appears to be in the unfortunate position of having been a stalking horse for Rick Perry. Remember the old Bud Lite commercials? Less filling, fewer calories. That gives us 5 debators (Mittens, Ricky, Newtie, Ronnie, and PerryLite), 3.5 positions (Mittens, Ricky, Ronnie and Newtie) and 3 actual people that others want to hear from (Mittens, Ricky, Ronnie). The real question is how long will Newt keep going and when is Michelle going to return to her congressional campaign? For the rest of these guys: Stick a fork in 'em. They're done. I have political axioms that I'd like to enumerate concerning running for Presidential nominations of specific parties.

You are out of your mind to think you have a successful chance to run for president in either party IF:

1. The head of an organization your party strenously denies supporting defeats you in the primary

2. your name identification in your home congressional district is < 50%

3. you can't win your party's nomination to statewide office and you are the most extreme candidate in the primary ... in one of the most extreme states.

4. you lose your race for statewide RE-election by 10 points

5. The only notice you actually get is that you can't play with the big boys ... and only the other side knows.

6. You start off in competition with someone who is actually better known for what you do.

Everyone can fill in the blanks above. You'll notice that I didn't include Newt, Ron Paul, and Michelle (she got in before Perry).

Newt isn't really running. He's selling books and arranging speaking tours.

Ron Paul isn't really running. He's trying to get his ideas before a broader audience before he's forced to drop out for lack of interest. He is succeeding. I don't know if its helping his ideas however. Most people have an affinity for his constitutional devotion, but the more extreme constitutional stances mimic and support a form of predator capitalism that is not particularly attractive after about 1 hour of serious thought. You can't have one without the other.

Michelle Bachmann appears to be in the unfortunate position of having been a stalking horse for Rick Perry. Remember the old Bud Lite commercials? Less filling, fewer calories.

That gives us 5 debators (Mittens, Ricky, Newtie, Ronnie, and PerryLite), 3.5 positions (Mittens, Ricky, Ronnie and Newtie) and 3 actual people that others want to hear from (Mittens, Ricky, Ronnie). The real question is how long will Newt keep going and when is Michelle going to return to her congressional campaign?

For the rest of these guys: Stick a fork in 'em. They're done.

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