Is a Perry nomination a real possibility?

[lunadelcorvo]

I really want to say no. I really want to insist that the 'Texas has the right to secede,' 'I'm proud of how many people I've executed, never mind if some of them were innocent,' NAR/Dominionist Perry is too far right even for the Tea-party-crazed, ever more radical right wing to nominate. I'd like to, but I can't. Because I'm not certain he isn't going to end up being the Republican nominee.

This article on DK is a better overview of why than I could assemble: The Republican Debate: Rick Perry may be the candidate the GOP has been looking for (though look to see a long post about Perry of my own drafting soon).

The ultimate question in the face of a Perry nomination then, is whether he is sufficiently outrageous and repugnant to bring out the left, despite feeling abused, ignored and forgotten by our representatives, including the President. In part, I think that will depend on how closely the left is watching the GOP field now, in the run-up to the primaries, and how long their memories are once the nominee rewrites his (or her) entire rhetoric to aim towards the center for the election itself.

Which is why I think it is really important for everyone with even the slightest lean to the left being rational, sane, or reasonable to watch closely what these candidates are saying now, when they are speaking to their own.

Comments

[wikkidraven.livejournal.com]

i realise i live in london now but PLEASE GOD NO

[samuraiartguy.livejournal.com]

I've been looking at the Republican pack like a clown car full of Crazy, but with growing unease. When the repugnant "Let them Die" remark gets cheers fro the Teahadist crowd... a grown up could get that same nervous feeling he gets when the kids are playing with matches.

And yes, it CAN go bad. The GOP picked up two seats in special elections, including one in a massively Democratic district in NYC that's been widely viewed as a referendum on the President (and the Economy). Essentially the Right voted in massive waves, and the Left stayed home, bummed out. If the Democrats and the President continue to let the Extreme Right that has co-opted the Republican Party, and the corporate shadows that bankroll them set the tone, the message and choose the battlefield. 2012 could be a disaster for Progressive... and sane people.

And what CONSTANTLY blows my mind, is how the Right can massively manipulate their working class base to repeatedly and enthusiastically vote against their one economic interests.

Oh you might enjoy this guy, writes clearly and thinks things through -
Douglas Muder, The Weekly Sift (http://weeklysift.com/)

[samuraiartguy.livejournal.com]

"The ultimate question in the face of a Perry nomination then, is whether he is sufficiently outrageous and repugnant to bring out the left, despite feeling abused, ignored and forgotten by our representatives, including the President."

HEE.. SO quoting that!