Barbour: I’d vote for Cain if the primary was today
posted at 5:19 pm on October 13, 2011 by Tina Korbe
Chris Christie’s endorsement not surprisingly went to Mitt Romney, but another governor who was originally urged to join the 2012 presidential race says he’d vote for Herman Cain if the primary was today:
“He is likable. He does not give you the impression that he is full of himself, but rather that he is a straight-talkin’ person who, will tell you, he calls it like he sees them. He’s not trying to sugarcoat anything and at the same time he is not trying to be shrill and a chest-beater. He is a straight-talker, and I think that makes him very, very attractive to people,” Barbour said on the Laura Ingraham Show.
Barbour also said that Cain would not have trouble in a general election against President Obama, a critique of some conservatives who don’t believe the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO would be viable in a nationwide race.
“If this election is where it ought to be, and that is a referendum on how President Obama is doing, Republicans are going to win,” Barbour said. “If Herman Cain is our nominee against Barack Obama, I think he’ll sweep the south.”
Barbour is right on the money: If the GOP can’t beat President Obama in 2012, what does that say about Republicans? It’s one thing if he wins reelection because the recovery really does take off. It’s another if Democrats message their way to a win, if they succeed in placing the blame on “Tea Party Republicans.” With the politics this president plays, a true and robust recovery is improbable but his reelection unfortunately isn’t unless the GOP fields a candidate who can keep the focus squarely on the economy and not on his own vulnerabilities as a candidate. Cain just might be the guy to do it. He definitely has the confidence for it. He told Neal Boortz just the other day he thinks he could easily mop the floor with Obama in a debate.
“Neal, it would almost be no contest,” Cain said. “I can talk about every issue two levels deep. Whether you’re talking about the economy, job creation … I can even talk about foreign policy deeper than he can. Immigration. Every issue, Neal. … He’s never been a part of the black experience in America. I can talk about that.”
Clearly, he’s not afraid to throw down the gauntlet. Straight-talker, indeed.
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Ladies.
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:02 PM
…Republicans beatin up each other has to hit 500 first!
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:04 PM
Sorry wrong thread.
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:05 PM
Allow me to start over.
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:05 PM
But I want to go back.
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:06 PM
…We need Sarah Palin (:->)
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:06 PM
Conservatism is not catching on well with some of tour fellow citizens.
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:08 PM
…they need to ban the rape busses in India too!
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:08 PM
tour=our, that didn’t take long.
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:08 PM
…think we can get Pelosi, Boxer, Fienstien, Waters, Jackson etc…to ride the bus in India?
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:09 PM
Kool, looks like its just you and me left brother. How you doing Kool? All good with you?
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:10 PM
have the
retardsObama voters found this thread yet?SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:10 PM
Some still make the mistake of considering the GOP as conservative…
d1carter on January 13, 2013 at 8:10 PM
I think India would nuke us if we did… Can’t say I would blame them either… o_O
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:11 PM
…yeah…watched the games and the nuts on the Republican beating off Republicans all day!
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:11 PM
My poor beloved Pack. : (
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:12 PM
Rush Limbaugh = Patriot
Sean Hannity = Useful Idiot.
VorDaj on January 13, 2013 at 8:13 PM
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:10 PM
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:14 PM
So if all they can do is block, they should block with all of their power. I’m getting tired of all of the politicians arguing over who gets to sit where at the Captain’s table of the Titanic as it’s sinking. Do something positive, even if it’s keeping the other side from doing something negative.
RoadRunner on January 13, 2013 at 8:14 PM
Some people think the only solution is to put the engines at full speed ahead, since we’re going to hit the iceberg anyway might as well do as much damage as possible.
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:17 PM
No, I caught it. Who you want in the bowl?
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:17 PM
You guys aren’t going to start in with all that annoying chit-chat stuff now are you?
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM
Bill Palmer of BeatWeek.com says ‘shoot all gun owners’
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1420924_Editor_in_Chief_of_beatweek_com_just_replied_to_me_on_Twitter.html
rayra on January 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM
…a red state (Georgia)…not a socialist state (the rest of the litter).
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:20 PM
Yet Germany and other northern European nations underperform US southern states on all the measures you listed, yet the citizens of those countries exceed their American peers on literally every measure- from household income, to quality of healthcare, to quality of life as reflected by vacation time and life expectancy.
People in wealthier states aren’t going to accept the proposal that the slightly higher taxes of the Clinton era prove that low tax rates must be pursued at the cost of all other priorities. Simple maxims and talking points don’t solve complex problems. More than ever, American voters was pragmatism, not ideologues in public office.
bayam on January 13, 2013 at 8:21 PM
I got nothin. ; ) Go Falcons!?!?!
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:21 PM
ROTFLMAO…Ole Billy boy aint all that bright is he… Gun owners=People with Guns. Shoot at someone with a guns and they are damned likely to shoot back. Wonder if ole Billy boy thought about that?
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:22 PM
…eating hay all day…and now you have to pooh?
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:23 PM
C’mon.
Cleombrotus on January 13, 2013 at 8:25 PM
Evening Peeps!
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:26 PM
…I’m not having any wet dreams!
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:28 PM
S’up Ken…
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:28 PM
…Hi BO!
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:29 PM
Great take-aways from 2nites quotes…someone should show these to Ed.
Tim_CA on January 13, 2013 at 8:29 PM
Lazy Sunday. Pretty early QOTD…
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:30 PM
Kool., Bmore….
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:31 PM
…the cat’s gotta play!
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:32 PM
ROTFLMAO… I think AP was trying to end the blood letting over on the Red on Red Thread… o_O
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:33 PM
a big part of the problem is that we have people like Noonan who often have no clue what they are talking about. This is not helpful when the average voter is semi-literate in all things financial and all things that involve numbers.
Unfortunately the Left is unencumbered with logic or integrity…so, like Rangel, they can pretend to be against carried interest. The brighter bulbs in the Left, like Schumer would squeal like a right wing hillbilly if he were the final vote to abolish it….squealing because his buds (and all real estate people and other partnerships) would be savaged
http://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/071107testes1.pdf
in a country with a leftist and ignorant press, we have to suffer thru this…but please peggy…do your homework
r keller on January 13, 2013 at 8:33 PM
I know. Could be a while before the ladies get here.
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:33 PM
man the weather’s really been somethin’
Tim_CA on January 13, 2013 at 8:34 PM
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:33 PM
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM
19 degrees here last night… Tad bit nippy…
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM
There is nothing the GOP can do to win. The game is over. The only way to win is to refute the game itself.
Moldbug and not DeMint is your only hope.
ninjapirate on January 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM
Our focus as conservatives right now is to deal with the fiscal irresponsibility that will eventually turn this nation into a mess if we don’t correct it. The Dems want to distract from their fiscal nightmare and unwillingness to do anything effective about it by talking about immigration, birth control, guns etc. etc. etc. We have to focus on what brings us together rather than let the Dems and the media have us focus on what divides people.
The public wants to cut spending. They do not want to raise taxes. We are with the people on those issues lets ride that issue to victory in 2014 and beyond.
KW64 on January 13, 2013 at 8:36 PM
high of 50 here today (Austin)
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:36 PM
I want an H&R .45-70.
wolly4321 on January 13, 2013 at 8:37 PM
BWAHAHAHAH… I’m not a Republican… I was over there throwing bricks at everyone… ;p
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:37 PM
KCB ; ) I’m told on good authority I’m wandering aimlessly.
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:37 PM
Ahhhh….but do you really need it?
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:38 PM
Glad you don’t posses a high capacity brick magazine. Imagine the massacre….
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:38 PM
Hayley Barbour on Colin Powell, “He sees things through his own prism”
Painfully obvious, isn’t it? And the Republicans are supposed to reorganize themselves according to that prism unless they want to get “left behind”?
Leave me behind, will ya’?
Cleombrotus on January 13, 2013 at 8:39 PM
They’re $299.99 from Cabelas.
wolly4321 on January 13, 2013 at 8:40 PM
ROTFLMAO… No kidding, it was brutal even without one. o_O
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:40 PM
I know. Good thing we have our betters to tell us these things.
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:40 PM
Evenin’.
annoyinglittletwerp on January 13, 2013 at 8:40 PM
low 40′s here last night….had to force the dog outside to pee …she’s socal born & bread…and not amused.
Tim_CA on January 13, 2013 at 8:40 PM
…no…slowing down…but still slashing each others wrists…good place for you…
… to go donkey!
KOOLAID2 on January 13, 2013 at 8:41 PM
How did Ronald Reagan’s amnesty work out for Republicans in California?
I don’t care about the GOP. I care about my own interests… and illegal immigrants from Latin America do absolutely nothing for me and in the long term hurt the prospects my future children and grandchildren.
ninjapirate on January 13, 2013 at 8:41 PM
Hi Twerp! How are you today?
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:41 PM
bred
Tim_CA on January 13, 2013 at 8:41 PM
Owwwwww, are they shiny too? <—- heads over to Cabelas for a high capacity brick magazine… ;p
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:41 PM
Tell me about it, had to take mine out for a drag… cause he didn’t even want to go out… ;p
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:42 PM
Optimism is Cowardice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwF9hk8WAac
ninjapirate on January 13, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Hi Twerp! How are you today?
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:41 PM
‘K. Bro’s been in contact w/ me-using his wife as a go-between. Everyone seems to be on the same page. After this is all straightened out we’ll probably never ‘talk’ again.
His loss.
*sneer*
annoyinglittletwerp on January 13, 2013 at 8:43 PM
None of this matters. Boehner is the most dangerous man in the USA.
He keeps re-authorizing the 800 billion stimulus every year, using CRs. That’s why Dingy Harry won’t pass a budget – it would be exposed. Using a CR means you don’t see that the last budget passed by Congress put the stimulus into the baseline, meaning it gets reauthorized every new CR (with COLA added).
But it isn’t allocated. It’s like a gift card of 800 billion which gets recharged with another 800 billion every year. Without any allocation so it can be spent on anything Jugears wants.
The biggest slush fund anybody has ever seen. Boehner knows this so it’s him making half of the deficit happen every year.
Until this fact gets widespread publicity, we will stay on the path of no growth because each year starts with a trillion dollars in the hole.
platypus on January 13, 2013 at 8:43 PM
It’s freezing here – I hate winter.
Oh and Colin Powell needs to sit on a sharp tack. What a tool.
gophergirl on January 13, 2013 at 8:44 PM
Would this ol’ timer lie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSvcVeXzQQQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
wolly4321 on January 13, 2013 at 8:44 PM
Reality is reality, pal. “Perception is reality” is part of what’s wrong with this flippin’ country.
FerdtheMoonCat on January 13, 2013 at 8:44 PM
Hi GG!
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:45 PM
And what happened after Hannity “evolved” on amnesty? His ratings fell 50%. Coincidence? Me thinks not.
TxAnn56 on January 13, 2013 at 8:45 PM
Sigh… I got bored with them, most of them can’t generate enough cerebral heat to warm a gnats ass.
SWalker on January 13, 2013 at 8:45 PM
+1
He’s the left’s newest Race-Hustler and should be disavowed.
Tim_CA on January 13, 2013 at 8:46 PM
I’m sure it is. I hope you get your closure soon.
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:46 PM
Hello!
gophergirl on January 13, 2013 at 8:46 PM
More than ever, American voters was (sic) pragmatism, not ideologues in public office.
bayam on January 13, 2013 at 8:21 PM
then wtf did they elect ogabe for? you’ve gone full retard.
tom daschle concerned on January 13, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Think we’ll see both Harbaughs in the Bowl? Anyone playing cards? Got a wholt lotta nuthin’ runnin through my brain…
abobo on January 13, 2013 at 8:48 PM
I think SF has a better shot than Baltimore. NE looks pretty tough.
gophergirl on January 13, 2013 at 8:49 PM
Bmore- yea, I need one. I can’t kill elk with the Bushmaster. (actually, I could, head shot)
wolly4321 on January 13, 2013 at 8:49 PM
Agreed.
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 8:49 PM
It’s freezing here – I hate winter.
Oh and Colin Powell needs to sit on a sharp tack. What a tool.
gophergirl on January 13, 2013 at 8:44 PM
It’s cold here too-for west Texas…and seconded on the Powell ‘suggestion’.
annoyinglittletwerp on January 13, 2013 at 8:50 PM
Translated to English.
People invest in a business that has to pay all kinds of taxes. Sometimes that investment pays off.
They are then taxed a second time on their profit.
It is not a con. It is a way go get people to invest in business.
When you sell your home that is also a Capital Gain. It is not inflation adjusted. It seems a con to tax it that way.
So where is the con really? You could invest in a business and then sell that investment years later. The business could only gain at the rate of inflation but you would still be taxed on that supposed gain.
Steveangell on January 13, 2013 at 8:53 PM
Down here in the rainforest, it was 76 when I went to bed last night with the A/C and fan on. I woke up with a cold and it was 43 outside. I’ve been having Nyquil on the rocks, no salt.
TxAnn56 on January 13, 2013 at 8:54 PM
But wait, Matt Damons mother is a public school teacher…….
you morons just dont get it
/
RAGIN CAJUN on January 13, 2013 at 8:56 PM
I guess I’d have to go with .35 cal ; ) If I had one that is.
Bmore on January 13, 2013 at 8:56 PM
Dove pot pie.
wolly4321 on January 13, 2013 at 8:56 PM
We went from 42 to single digits/below zero in less than a day.
I swear they should worry more about pneumonia than the flu.
gophergirl on January 13, 2013 at 8:57 PM
Tom Brady’s always a tough opponent. He’s the Jesus Quintana of the NFL.
abobo on January 13, 2013 at 8:58 PM
I’ll be in Ohio tomorrow, brrrr!
Who is John Galt on January 13, 2013 at 9:01 PM
Memory circuit overload. Press the do over key.
Inappropriate use of the do over key. Press Ignore.
Oh. So you want to ignore me? Not happening.
Press the Do over key and say please this time.
SparkPlug on January 13, 2013 at 9:01 PM
the problem is we will shoot back …
conservative tarheel on January 13, 2013 at 9:01 PM
Cheese will show us the way forward.
Bishop on January 13, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Shhhh.
All the GOPe here firmly believe that the Establishment Message works.
No amount of proof that it does not will ever be accepted.
2010 Conservative Message wins.
2010Gone from GOPe memory.Steveangell on January 13, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Hi Sparky!
KCB on January 13, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Who stole my pants? I woke up wearing a kilt. Scrumpy?
SparkPlug on January 13, 2013 at 9:02 PM
The .270win is okay.
I’m leaving Dodge. Moving north of the white mountains. Garden. Hunt.
wolly4321 on January 13, 2013 at 9:03 PM
If the past is prologue then it follows that cheese is the future.
SparkPlug on January 13, 2013 at 9:03 PM
TxAnn56 on January 13, 2013 at 8:54 PM
I’m headin’ back to Chi 2 weeks(visit a friend for a day) from tomorrow. It’s good that I’m getting acclimated to the cold stuff. Right now, it’s warmer in Chi than here. That’ll change. LoL
annoyinglittletwerp on January 13, 2013 at 9:04 PM
You should have seen the DNC’s / Zero’s latest sellout of the Benghazi SEALS aka Colin Powell fighting David Gregory for that prime street corner lamp post out in front of the h-White House earlier today. Show more leg, Colin!
viking01 on January 13, 2013 at 9:04 PM
don’t tell anyone, but the SSM movement in France! is coming under criticism. Like in Big Protests. Like every child should have a Mother and Father.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/yimcatholic/2013/01/hundreds-of-thousands-protest-in-france-over-same-sex-marriage-proposals.html
aren’t you glad that we are sooooooo much more progressive here! Forward!
…and they only have abortion for 12 weeks…Forward!
r keller on January 13, 2013 at 9:04 PM
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