tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post60666288828632991..comments2024-03-18T20:47:26.461-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: The Attack of the Neo-ConsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-64239832457000254742011-09-14T23:05:20.966-05:002011-09-14T23:05:20.966-05:00Chris Christie has the same Islam problem Perry ha...Chris Christie has the same Islam problem Perry has, and it will only get worse as time goes on. I think the bloom is coming off that particular rose. <br /><br />Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio have constitutional issues - it's not clear that either one is a natural born citizen.<br /><br />I've long said Palin is the kingmaker in this election - whoever she endorses will win. She can parlay that into pretty much any office she cares to name, and then Palin's star will be quite, quite different than it is now.Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-20900947379162638402011-09-14T15:13:09.828-05:002011-09-14T15:13:09.828-05:00Personally, I think it would be disastarous if she...Personally, I think it would be disastarous if she declared for 2012. Would kill her "brand." I can see Obama beating both her and Bachmann, but not Perry or Romney.<br /><br />Only problem is that her chances will look even less favorable in 2016. In 2016 you will have a ton of stars. Chris Christie, marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, maybe even a Scott Walker/ John kasich looking to light the base on fire.<br /><br />You will have "establishment" guys like Bob McDonnell, who offers conservative solutions in Virginia, and is currently sitting at 62% approval in one of the most crucial states around.<br /><br />The only plauisble path forward is for Palin to strike an alliance with either Perry or Romney: my endorsment for an important role in your administration.<br /><br />She keeps her prominence up, and then in 2016 or 2020 (i think a republican victor will be a one-termer) she runs as someone who helped take over the establishment without compromising her principles.<br /><br />The Republican farm system is deeper than it was in the 1980's. If they have another solid year in 2012, it will be the 1880-1930 era waiting in the wings.Kevin Tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772355448244959559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-70672070524592290122011-09-14T10:57:09.428-05:002011-09-14T10:57:09.428-05:00One could hang Palin's resignation around her ...One could hang Palin's resignation around her neck, but I see it as just one more sign that she really, really understands how policy is made.<br /><br />In order to get government done, you have to have political capital to spend. She lost that bank account as a result of the MSM attack on her while in office. <br /><br />I think she was right. As a result of the attacks, she couldn't accomplish anything else in office even if she wanted to, so she left.<br /><br />Why do you think she hasn't announced for the Presidency yet? Same reason - she knows she doesn't have the suasion in the bank she needs in order to run a successful campaign. She's staying out and betting she can build the capital. I think she's doing it.<br /><br />I don't think she's going to declare this year, not because the pundits hate her, but because she's smarter than the pundits. She knows what she can and what she can't. She's a hunter, so she knows how to be patient and wait for the right moment.Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-18811659839159535722011-09-14T10:48:10.670-05:002011-09-14T10:48:10.670-05:00My problem with the "evil corporations" ...My problem with the "evil corporations" against "the working man" is that it really is limited.<br /><br />It explains the problem with some things. Yet now we've reached the point where even those big evil corporations loathe the regulation Obama and friends are proposing. (Before, they were fine using them to stifle their weaker competitors.)<br /><br />This absurd regulation also effects the working man, or even the child who just wanted to run a lemonade stand, until the state government shut it down because the 5 year old ran one without a permit.<br /><br />And besides, she really can't talk about the problems of government versus the private sector. Right, wrong, or indifferent, she quit her job as governor who was living modestly to become a multimillionaire bombthrower pundit.<br /><br />One could just as easily say in these tough times, we need someone who actually knows what they are doing. Coulter and Ingrham do talk radio pretty darn well for their niches. (Coulter okay the written word.) Yet I would never consider electing either of them to high office.Kevin Tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772355448244959559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-1623771206001704652011-09-13T15:43:31.799-05:002011-09-13T15:43:31.799-05:00Kevin,
You can't fix a system unless you know...Kevin,<br /><br />You can't fix a system unless you know what's wrong with it. <br /><br />Diagnosis is critical.<br /><br />Palin is excellent at policy diagnosis.<br /><br />It is true that coming up with a solution to the problem is not the same as diagnosing it. However, everyone else out there refuses to publicly diagnose the problems in any substantive way.<br /><br />Thus, I would say A&L's critique, "Palin doesn't dig deep on policy", is wrong-headed precisely because neither Ann nor Laura have been as successful as Palin in concisely diagnosing what's wrong. <br /><br />A&L complain that Palin doesn't present treatments when neither Ann nor Laura can even articulate the problem accurately.<br /><br />Diagnosis has to be public so that everyone is aware of what the problem is. <br /><br />Policy, on the other hand, is something that is often done behind close doors in order to protect easily bruised egos.<br /><br />Since Palin has already demonstrated the ability to solve very serious policy problems in Alaska, I'm not very concerned about her ability in that regard in higher office.Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-21961981739740065442011-09-13T15:17:03.202-05:002011-09-13T15:17:03.202-05:00I think the problem with their criticism of Palin&...I think the problem with their criticism of Palin's speech is for all the "insight" there really wasn't much insight.<br /><br />She was basically trying to go all William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold." Conservatives should know better than to adopt that wild populist rhetoric.<br /><br />Pointing out these flaws is one thing, advocating something to put in place of it is entirely another. And on that score, Palin's answers fall flatter than can be.Kevin Tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772355448244959559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-56614242503852232862011-09-11T08:02:56.226-05:002011-09-11T08:02:56.226-05:00I would rather that Sarah Palin run and fail, then...I would rather that Sarah Palin run and fail, then wait till the timing is better. And yes, I was disappointed by Laura and Ann's remarks...Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970851228593550726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-40871796086302907912011-09-10T21:39:46.164-05:002011-09-10T21:39:46.164-05:00Well, I don't like to write just to write.
I...Well, I don't like to write just to write. <br /><br />I wait until I have something to say... :)Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-97167457940150442011-09-10T21:29:06.024-05:002011-09-10T21:29:06.024-05:00Why did they attack Palin? Because Sarah drew the ...Why did they attack Palin? Because Sarah drew the real line in the sand, instead of the contrived one the establishment wants us to believe. BTW Steve, welcome back! I thought you moved to another country!Steve "scotju" Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864544146213840928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-27041160167028076742011-09-09T14:53:56.820-05:002011-09-09T14:53:56.820-05:00Talk about unlikely bedfellows! Ingraham, who pro...Talk about unlikely bedfellows! Ingraham, who prominantly wears a Miraculous Medal, and Coulter, who has kind of an R-rated sense of humor. But they both need to be in with the establishment types that write their paychecks and use them to elect people like G.W. Bush--"pretend-conservatives."Estasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14218134057991196938noreply@blogger.com