2012 Presidential Primary, March 15th

It's been hard for me to write updates on the 2012 Republican primary. Honestly, the entire process has made me sick to my stomach.

In a year where all the issues are falling on the side of conservatism, two of the four remaining candidates are spending the majority of their time smearing the other two instead of doing their due diligence in convincing me (and others) to vote for them.

Mitt Romney is the biggest offender, and Ron Paul is a close second. It was estimated in Florida that 95% of Romney's ads were negative attack ads against Gingrich instead of telling voters why they should vote for him. He did the same thing in 2008 against people like Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Huckabee.

And these millions spent on attacks and smears have prompted the need to respond, and not always in the best way, either. So instead of the issues, we talk about what might or might not be the truth about personal attacks, instead of where each man stands on the issues and how he's going to defeat Barack Obama, the socialist.

And this, more than anything, perhaps even more than his standing next to Ted Kennedy calling his "collaborator" on 'RomneyCare', is what makes it impossible for me to vote for Romney in this primary. And while I'm acutely aware that Obama needs to be defeated and will have to hold my nose and vote for him in the general election if he's the nominee, many, many people will refuse to do so because he has alienated so many people with his smugness and attitude. That number of alienated and pissed off people may exceed even the appalling number of 2008 when McCain was the coronated nominee by the elites in their own minds. Because unfortunately there are still many people who are not engaged and are uninformed, and don't realize the imminent danger of letting Obama be re-elected. And all those people see in Romney are a rich guy with good hair that thinks he's entitled to the nomination because he's "next in line".

More 2012 News

It looks like Sarah Palin is finally getting ready to enter the 2012 Republican Primary race. News is out now that she contracted with conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon to produce a series of videos exposing all accomplishments and successes of her time in office as Alaska governor. The statist press that continually trashes her on a regular basis has never really quite gotten around to that ever, and would have people believe she sat around and did nothing for two and a half years other than running with McCain for the VP nomination in 2008.

Finally Palin will get a chance to tell her side of the story to a wider audience than she reached even with her best-selling books at a time when the race for the nomination is finally beginning to get started. Without the interruptions and trashing. With the entrance of Palin, and the anticipated entrance of Bachmann, that brings the race up to four excellent conservative choices, which is a far cry from the lonely one that 2008 saw in Fred Thompson.

The poll referenced in the previous post on political momentum showed Palin with almost universal name recognition but with only slightly over average positive momentum. Once she starts actively campaigning and she's out there in her own words more often, she will see that positive rating rise, as a big factor in her languishing where she is: the belief that she wasn't going to run.

2012 Republican Nomination News

Even with all the hype about Obama being unbeatable and polls saying this, 42% of people think he doesn't deserve re-election. It's just that people are de-spirited and don't think there's anyone worth voting for, just like 2008. However these people haven't met Herman Cain yet. The man has the charisma of an Obama with the true American substance to back it up. For those of you in the US that still have not gotten to know who Mr. Cain is, I would suggest you do.

According to recent polls, Cain is fast gaining the most momentum toward the nomination. Yes, it's early yet, but no matter what happens, it's a story unto itself that people are signing on in droves to a business friendly candidate that hasn't been polluted by years in politics and ready to support him as a presidential candidate. From winning the first GOP debate a few weeks ago to surging ahead of even people still pining for the liberal Christie, it looks good for Cain.

Besides, why should people be so de-spirited they don't think a guy that doesn't even know what year it is can't be defeated?

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