The Quote of Stupid of the Day: Rick Perry

At the Iowa debate tonight, Rick Perry said the following:

“There are a lot of folks that said Tim Tebow wasn't going to be a very good NFL quarterback. There are people that stood up and said, 'Well, he doesn't have the right throwing mechanisms, or he's not playing the game right,' " and he won two national championships, and that looked pretty good. We were the national champions in job creation back in Texas. And so, am I ready for the next level? Let me tell you, I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.”

That's good enough to win the first quote of stupid of the day. Congratulations Rick!

Gingrich Is Not The Guy

When I look at a candidate, I look first at electability. Is the candidate electable? That's the first thing I look for. If the candidate isn't electable, then what's the point of supporting him or her? They are a losing dog and there's no point in having a stake in their fate.

This might sound very cynical or depressing, in terms of the state of our politics, but it's true.

I don't know think I mentioned it in my previous posts, but perhaps I did on Twitter; I thought that Newt Gingrich would be a dark horse candidate. Of course, I didn't know that much about him. I just thought he performed well in the debates. My biggest qualm, at the time, was his utter disdain for the media.

A couple months later, it seems like he has leapt to the front of the pack. 

This is mostly due to the fall of Herman Cain. Conservatives have been looking for a candidate that wasn't Mitt Romney. Newt Gingrich is just the latest cup of tea.

On a national level, against Barack Obama, I don't think he can stand tall. There are too many issues with him. There's the "consulting fees." There's the divorces. He's too easy a target for the Democrats. While the conservatives might be clamoring for a more conservative candidate than Romney, they're going to have problems standing up in a general election.