Comments on: GOP Field Wide Open? http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/29/gop-field-wide-open/ Reality-based political commentary Mon, 25 May 2026 02:47:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DerFarm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/29/gop-field-wide-open/#comment-16335 DerFarm Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:04:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4585#comment-16335 Herman Cain. For 6 months he never got above 10% and now he's the second coming. Rick Perry is no longer the annointed. Mitt Romney can't break the 1/3rd level. Ron Paul is ... Ron Paul. The rest of the field is wallowing in dirt. I'm beginning to think that the R respondents are being chosen in a non-normal manner. This seasons polls have not shown anything but a blenders effect on candidates. There is no continuity in these pollse at all. If this were a dishwasher soap contest, I'd suspect that the numbers were being seriously screwed with. It is, however, NOT a dishwasher soap contest. Occam's razor suggests that reason these numbers are flying around is that the respondents don't really LIKE ANYONE. TP types can't stand Romney/Huntsman and the mainline types are afraid that the R can't win without the acquiesence of the TP (at the very least). Mainline types really can't stand the TP darlings because they know damn well that the TP can't be controlled in any really meaningful sense(see 2010 senate elections), to say noting of the assumption that statewide TP candidates usually don't get elected outside really red places. 'Tis a puzzelment. Herman Cain. For 6 months he never got above 10% and now he's the second coming. Rick Perry is no longer the annointed. Mitt Romney can't break the 1/3rd level. Ron Paul is ... Ron Paul. The rest of the field is wallowing in dirt. I'm beginning to think that the R respondents are being chosen in a non-normal manner.

This seasons polls have not shown anything but a blenders effect on candidates. There is no continuity in these pollse at all.

If this were a dishwasher soap contest, I'd suspect that the numbers were being seriously screwed with. It is, however, NOT a dishwasher soap contest. Occam's razor suggests that reason these numbers are flying around is that the respondents don't really LIKE ANYONE.

TP types can't stand Romney/Huntsman and the mainline types are afraid that the R can't win without the acquiesence of the TP (at the very least).

Mainline types really can't stand the TP darlings because they know damn well that the TP can't be controlled in any really meaningful sense(see 2010 senate elections), to say noting of the assumption that statewide TP candidates usually don't get elected outside really red places.

'Tis a puzzelment.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/29/gop-field-wide-open/#comment-16334 Michale Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:28:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4585#comment-16334 <B>"Boom.. Boom.. Boom... Another one bites the dust... And another gone and another gone... Another bites the dust... Hay! Gonna get you too!! Another bites the dust!!</B> -Queen Al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/30/501364/main20113732.shtml Say what you want about Obama, but he is sure racking up the kills!! Credit where credit is due, to be sure.... Apologies for being off topic... Michale.... "Boom.. Boom.. Boom...
Another one bites the dust...
And another gone and another gone...
Another bites the dust...
Hay! Gonna get you too!!
Another bites the dust!!
-Queen

Al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/30/501364/main20113732.shtml

Say what you want about Obama, but he is sure racking up the kills!!

Credit where credit is due, to be sure....

Apologies for being off topic...

Michale....

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/29/gop-field-wide-open/#comment-16333 Michale Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:45:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4585#comment-16333 <I>Now, I understand that a single poll is not conclusive. In fact, I rarely comment on single polls for exactly this reason -- you can wind up making sweeping conclusions based on one poll that was statistically off in some way. It's a lot better to watch multiple polls over time to spot trends.</I> Speaking of one poll wonders.. <B>Harris Poll: Paul beats Obama 51-49</B> http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/Harris-poll-Romney-RonPaul/2011/09/27/id/412375 You know things are bad for Obama if Ron Paul is beating him!! Who would have thunked it?? Michale..... Now, I understand that a single poll is not conclusive. In fact, I rarely comment on single polls for exactly this reason -- you can wind up making sweeping conclusions based on one poll that was statistically off in some way. It's a lot better to watch multiple polls over time to spot trends.

Speaking of one poll wonders..

Harris Poll: Paul beats Obama 51-49
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/Harris-poll-Romney-RonPaul/2011/09/27/id/412375

You know things are bad for Obama if Ron Paul is beating him!!

Who would have thunked it??

Michale.....

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/29/gop-field-wide-open/#comment-16332 Michale Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:55:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4585#comment-16332 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204226204576599031274832242.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop#printMode The more I read about Herman Cain, the more I like him... What a match-up that would be, eh?? Obama vs Cain It sure would blunt the hysterical RACIST accusations coming from the Left, Janine Gorafalo notwithstanding... What's not to like about Cain??? Michale..... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204226204576599031274832242.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop#printMode

The more I read about Herman Cain, the more I like him...

What a match-up that would be, eh??

Obama vs Cain

It sure would blunt the hysterical RACIST accusations coming from the Left, Janine Gorafalo notwithstanding...

What's not to like about Cain???

Michale.....

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/09/29/gop-field-wide-open/#comment-16329 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:01:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=4585#comment-16329 Chris, Whether or not this poll proves to be accurate, it does make perfect sense to me as far as their chances of being elected are concerned. I mean, that is probably the order I would have used, too. Chris,

Whether or not this poll proves to be accurate, it does make perfect sense to me as far as their chances of being elected are concerned.

I mean, that is probably the order I would have used, too.

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