The Republican Nomination For President: The Race For The Race For The White House

Also, a big problem for Perry is the fact that his office isn't claiming he mis-spoke, or was incorrect in any way

The harshest criticism of Perry's remarks seemed to be coming from former officials of the George W. Bush administration. Bernanke was nominated as Fed chairman by former President Bush, a self-identified conservative whose political team has had friction with Perry. Bernanke was renominated by President Obama.

"You don't accuse the chairman of the Federal Reserve of being a traitor to his country and being guilty of treason and suggesting that we treat him 'pretty ugly' in Texas — that's not, again, a presidential statement," Rove, one of Bush's closest advisers, said on Fox. "It's not smart politics, either. Governor Perry is going to have to fight the impression that he's a cowboy from Texas. This simply added to it."

Former Bush spokesman Tony Fratto took to Twitter to call Perry's comments "inappropriate and unpresidential." More

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Also, a big problem for Perry is the fact that his office isn't claiming he mis-spoke, or was incorrect in any way

What was he incorrect about?? He gave an opinion that some people dont want to hear, the major criticism is that he seems to be promoting violence to a person, but I dont know of anything he said that a lot of Americans dont agree with.

I gotta think it works for him politically to say things that the American people are thinking even when the minders get their panties in a twist about it.

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Yes I do. But then their comments have little to do with the interactions among the candidates or their various prospects for winning -- the presumprive subject of the thread topic.

No need to presume anything. The subject of this thread is "The Republican Nomination for President: The Race for the Race for the White House".

If there was a NASCAR race where every car had a flat tire, it would be germane of reporters to notice it, and to comment on the sad state of NASCAR racing. Likewise, it's germane to look at the Republican candidates and observe that all of them are obsessed with problems the nation doesn't have, and that all are proposing solutions that would worsen the problem they seek to address. That's what I see the Democratic commentators doing here. They're correct.

Only with the extreme-right wing base. The money-man right wingers are already penning pieces criticizing him for it.

The consensus is growing that Perry has a cowboy problem. Lots of big GOP money is still sitting on the sidelines waiting to back a candidate that might actually be electable. They're still waiting.

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Only with the extreme-right wing base. The money-man right wingers are already penning pieces criticizing him for it.

The complaining about power and violence rhetoric in political speech as been running over from the queasy class ever since the shooting in Tucson, but I dont expect it to go any where in this climate where the majority have had our fill of being told what we can do and what we can say.

"You don't accuse the chairman of the Federal Reserve of being a traitor to his country and being guilty of treason and suggesting that we treat him 'pretty ugly' in Texas — that's not, again, a presidential statement," Rove, one of Bush's closest advisers, said on Fox. "It's not smart politics, either. Governor Perry is going to have to fight the impression that he's a cowboy from Texas. This simply added to it.

"Perry's cowboy problem"

1. He's a big beneficiary of big-government
2. The "Texas Miracle" is unraveling
3. What's good for Texas is bad for America's drivers
4. He sounds clueless about monetary policy Details and explanations

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