tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post3543658511554612712..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: Live-blogging the CNN/Tea Party Republican debateJohn Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-7278240268305370992011-09-15T11:17:31.307-04:002011-09-15T11:17:31.307-04:00If Perry wins the nomination, the best thing he co...<i>If Perry wins the nomination, the best thing he could do is to get Giuliani for VP-yes?</i><br /><br />These are the potentially good choices for a Republican running mate that I can think of (for anyone, not just Perry):<br /><br />Giuliani<br />Romney<br />Bachmann<br />Pawlenty<br />Paul Ryan<br />Mitch Daniels<br />Jindal<br />Petraeus<br /><br />Anyone else?John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-71074179676838907492011-09-15T03:07:39.851-04:002011-09-15T03:07:39.851-04:00If Perry wins the nomination, the best thing he co...If Perry wins the nomination, the best thing he could do is to get Giuliani for VP-yes?john marzanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036820667908976630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-19083755876793618892011-09-13T10:58:19.999-04:002011-09-13T10:58:19.999-04:00You may still have your point, and that's fine...You may still have your point, and that's fine. And I have my point, which is <i>not </i>that all or even most Tea Partiers are enthusiastic about Wolf Blitzer's hypothetical 30-year-old man dying. (I don't know enough about the Tea Party's views to know the answer to that.) My point is about the type of awkward situations that result when you take the well-established presidential debate format and try to bring a rowdy, right-wing protest group into the mix. CNN is trying to make itself relevant by making this a "CNN/Tea Party" debate, and we got to plainly observe the results of this odd mixture last night.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-35297563432076823782011-09-13T07:27:05.046-04:002011-09-13T07:27:05.046-04:00My point from last night holds whether you use Tea...My point from last night holds whether you use Tea Party, or Tea Party debate, for the context. There is a difference, but you see what you want to see I guess...Bzodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120296918145771904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-8801630595777651422011-09-13T00:11:02.694-04:002011-09-13T00:11:02.694-04:00In a night with a lot of raucous crowd participati...In a night with a lot of raucous crowd participation that seemed to be coming from a far-right direction (even by Republican primary standards), and with the debate being billed as "CNN/Tea Party," that moment stood out to me as summing up the atmosphere of the evening.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-86528940852369523742011-09-12T23:31:13.737-04:002011-09-12T23:31:13.737-04:00So therefore, you believe Dem plants are ghoulish?...So therefore, you believe Dem plants are ghoulish? I would have just called it politics, John.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-24120955207385618952011-09-12T23:26:40.948-04:002011-09-12T23:26:40.948-04:00Nicely done, John. Echoing Bzod, I hope you are ab...Nicely done, John. Echoing Bzod, I hope you are above believing the "Yeah" came from a Tea Partier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-79161587960818249192011-09-12T23:24:58.931-04:002011-09-12T23:24:58.931-04:00I didn't say it was the "Tea Party in a n...I didn't say it was the "Tea Party in a nutshell."<br /><br />I said it was the "Tea Party <i>debate</i> in a nutshell."<br /><br />There's a difference.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-65615629168670229112011-09-12T23:18:49.685-04:002011-09-12T23:18:49.685-04:00Not so sure one person yelling out "yeah"...Not so sure one person yelling out "yeah" to the 30-year old dying question qualifies as "Tea Party in a nutshell" but thanks for the re-cap.Bzodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120296918145771904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-14311069118491414932011-09-12T22:20:55.359-04:002011-09-12T22:20:55.359-04:00I hope they stop and think about the fact that the...<i>I hope they stop and think about the fact that they're not going to be the only ones voting in the general election.</i><br /><br />Do you think there is a certain amount of Texas-fatigue?<br /><br />Cause I do. I think the Texas cowboy brand was used and abused, and resented by the world, under Bush.<br /><br />But you know, in spite of that, one big reason Perry is there is because his evangelical mega-church buddies in Texas can't stand the idea of a Mormon winning.<br /><br />And they promised him they'd raise him a sum certain to win, even if they lose.<br /><br />I'm not so sure that evangelicals wouldn't consider Obama's reelection to be the second best outcome, and a Republican Mormon president the worst possible outcome of all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-5364080942117316452011-09-12T22:07:49.639-04:002011-09-12T22:07:49.639-04:00Thanks.
I wouldn't say the room was packed wi...Thanks.<br /><br />I wouldn't say the room was packed with Perry supporters. Perry was booed for his comments about immigration. I think the room is packed with people who represent the hard-core Republican base, which is going to be more sympathetic with Perry than with Romney.<br /><br />I hope they stop and think about the fact that they're not going to be the only ones voting in the general election.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-8114570169817637962011-09-12T21:47:59.782-04:002011-09-12T21:47:59.782-04:00John, I love your mom, but I think she is dead wro...John, I love your mom, but I think she is dead wrong about the room being packed with Perry-ites.<br />I think that is a little paranoid.<br />Love your insight<br /><br />Vicki From Pasadenavictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012834711635457733noreply@blogger.com