Rasmussen: Obama “passion index” hits new low

John Thune seems to be starting to get some under the radar coverage. He seems to have the looks, mid west values and genuine respect of his fellow workers in the Senate.

Could also be a good VP pick for Palin?

tatersalad on December 13, 2009 at 3:00 PM

Thune is too RINO-y

Past that NO Senator should ever be elected President. They simply don’t have the skill set. A President MUST have executive experience. MUST.

The Senate is nothing more than a glee club, a debate society. To many “my friends” and “the gentleman froms” going on in there.

We are at war, we need a leader. No real leaders in the Senate. Just a bunch of debaters. There a real and serious reasons we chose Governors, not Senators, to be POTUS.

It was 50 years between Kennedy’s and Obama’s election. Neither worth a damn. With Obama’s epic failure, it’s likely we’ll never see another Senator elected POTUS again, and that would be a damned good thing.

2012 needs to see both the POTUS and V Potus come from the ranks of Governors. PERIOD.

seems to me that a lot of people on the right did not want Harriet Miers approved and demanded that the Republicans not support her. They also said that the President’s nominees deserved and up or down vote without bothering to say that only works if the president has an R behind his name. This is nitpicky.

Terrye on December 13, 2009 at 2:55 PM

See this is the problem. Yes I agree on an up or down vote as long as the opposition agrees as well. Since the dems did not give us an up and down vote why should we give them one? You think if they have no reprecussions for their actions they will not do the same thing again the next time they are in the minority.

If we want an up and down vote we must prevent the dems from getting an up and down vote until they agree that they will no long use the tactics they did in the minority.
It is called fighting fire with fire. And if the dems do not agree? Then Obama’s judge appointments stall in the Senate. Liberals do not gert appointed to life terms. That in gametheory is called a win-win.

By rolling over and acting as we want to be treated the dems have a green light to hold up every judge appointment of every rep admin from now on. That is called a lose lose. get along to get along

unseen on December 13, 2009 at 3:05 PM

Unseen, the unfortunate truth here is Terrye is a moderate, a squish. They view the world from the squish, “my friends” angle.

Terrye actually thinks of Palin as part of the GOP!

Terrye, ask the corrupt Alaskan Republicans if she is part of THEIR GOP! They friggin’ HATE her!

Let me tell you how petty, and childish the Alaska GOP is, after she was elected Governor, the refused to put her photo and bio on their website, just out of spite!

Ask the corrupt national GOP if she is part of THEIR GOP. Don’t think so!

The fact is, Sarah Palin is NOT about parties. Like most of us, she sees them as, at best, a necessary evil. This is why she has put the GOP on notice that if they don’t get their act together, she may indeed run as an independent.

In the end, here’s the deal. The GOP is just as bad as the democrat/Communist party. They aren’t evil like the communists, but they are appeasers. They are all a bunch of Neville Chamberlains, when we need a party full of Winston Churchills!

The trick is to take OUR party back. To run the moderates out of power. Moderates are dangerous. They are weak. They stand for almost nothing, and would rather be loved, than feared. this is why we have a filthy lying communist president, and a filthy lying corrupt Congress.

Our political system has devolved into a two party system, and I’m OK with that. But what I am NOT OK with is a political environment where you can barely tell one party from the other. An environment that has seen both parties become more about getting and keeping power rather than doing our work for us, the work of the people.

More and more every day I am coming to the realization that we just need a good old revolution. We need a serious purge. We need serious reforms.

We may even need serious amendments to our Constitution. Amendments that GREATLY limit the federal government, and mandate term limits, for sure.

We need to amend the Constitution to reinforce states rights, and severely limit the government’s ability to usurp those rights.

But we have to elect leaders who will peaceably go along with this.

Frankly, Sarah Plain is the ONLY politician I have seen that really doesn’t give a damn about holding a title. She doesn’t lust after one.

It was as a private citizen, AFTER she resigned from the AOGCC that she made an impact, and took down the corrupt GOP, and her power now, as a private citizen, is undeniable.

We need many more just like her, but sadly she is an incredibly rare commodity. That of course, is also what makes her so incredible special.

The bottom line is the current GOP sucks, they just don’t suck as bad as the evil that populates the democrat/communist party. But not sucking as bad as the other guys is NOT an acceptable standard.

There are only a handful in the GOP that should be able to retain their jobs come 2010. Jim DeMint, Michelle Bachmann, John Carter, Jim Inhofe, and a few more. And I don’t know if either Senator is even up for re-election. But past those, and obviously a few more, the rest need to be shown the door.

We MUST clean house, Or America will never be great again.

gary4205 on December 13, 2009 at 6:27 PM

Geez, that should be mere mention of her name.

Oy!

gary4205 on December 13, 2009 at 6:43 PM

gary4205 on December 13, 2009 at 6:27 PM

Whew, another one out of the ballpark!

I agree totally: we do NOT want another legislator in the White House! Your point reminds me of what John Adams said about Congress:

“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”

They are a debate society. They go round and round, and the buck doesn’t stop with anyone there. Well, when it comes to executive power, the buck must stop with the president. I think that’s why the first president was a military man, General George Washington – they understood that they need a leader, not a member of the glee club.

BTW, your observation about squishes… I also suspect that a lot of women who object to Palin (on the right as well as on the left) are motivated by petty jealousy. They can’t bear to see a popular, attractive woman succeed. I’m afraid that’s fallen human nature for ya.

atheling on December 13, 2009 at 6:39 PM

Thanks.

We’ve seen too many good and decent people go to serve in Congress only to become useless. It’s the nature of the institution. It’s all about debate and compromise. actually, to a point, it has to be. That’s the nature of the system, the job.

But being President is about leadership. You’re the CEO. It’s a completely different skill set. I honestly think a great President would make a HORRIBLE congresscritter.

A great President wouldn’t be content there. Their desire to lead, to actually acomplish something would be stifled.

This is why if a true leader takes a shot at Congress they either fail, or quickly lose those leadership qualities as they become part of that culture. They settle into the comfort of being the member of a club.

America would be a fool to ever elect one of these underachievers again.

Governors literally do the same job as the President, except they can’t declare war. (Hell, Palin has a leg up on that process, because of her unique C-I-C duties!) Governors make CEO (executive) level decisions daily, if not hourly. They submit budgets, they mange employees. Many states, like Alaska deal with world leaders, through trade agreements.

There is no better prep school, no better training academy for the presidency, than the governorship of a state.

gary4205 on December 13, 2009 at 6:55 PM