re: #67 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

If we were talking the Obama of ‘08, the charismatic stallion who ran circles around McCain, I’d have your level of confidence. But the reality is we’ve got the Obama of ‘11, who right now has the albatross that is a piss-poor recovery hung around his neck. Right now, the American people are so desperate for somebody who can create jobs, that Perry’s flaws could very well be ruled as inconsequential. All he has to do is hold up the job growth in Texas and declare it “proof” that his formula works. The devil may be in the details, but nobody’s gonna be interested in the details, not so long as they can’t be compressed into 10-second soundbytes.

Which do you think will sell easier to Average Joe Sixpack: A Perry ad showing “job growth” in Texas since he’s been in office, or a long report on page A14 of the local paper showing how the “miracle” is so much horseshit?

You’ll have to forgive me, but I’m tired of the notion that Average Joe Sixpack determines elections. If they did, we’d be discussing the reelection prospects of McCain/Palin. The fact is the people who have suffered the most in this lousy economy and who always suffer the most in lousy economies are going to vote for Obama. And the people who vote the most often won’t take kindly to campaign ads about SS and Medicare being unconstitutional. There goes Florida.

Look, Rick Perry is my governor, I know him as well as any other politician in America and I’m not scared of him. Not at all.