Perry sees polling bump amid border crisis

[TexasTowelie]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) 2016 polling numbers have shot up as he hammers the Obama administration's handling of the border crisis, taking him to the front of the potential GOP field.

A Fox News poll released Monday night found 12 percent of registered Republican voters said they would like to see Perry as the GOP nominee for president in 2016 — tied with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

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Though Perry has hopped near the head of the pack in 2016 polling, six other candidates are within the margin of error.

Other potential GOP presidential candidates trailing close behind include Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (11 percent), New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (10 percent), Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (9 percent), Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (9 percent) and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (9 percent).

More at http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/213655-perrys-polling-numbers-increase-amid-border-fight .

[font color=green]Note: I know that this is a Fox News poll and that The Hill is generally considered to be a conservative site. I'm posting this article to indicate where the momentum in the GOP is at this time. Please take note of my "No Perry" avatar and steal it if you wish.[/font]

[herding cats]

1. Twelve percent of Republicans are dumber than a box of rocks.

No insult intended to rocks.

Of course we are talking about the party which elected Bush in 2004., but it looks like they've actually lost some IQ points in the past decade.

[Hortensis]

2. Seriously, yes. Looking at who excites the base, I'd say them and the politicians they support.

Compared to the knowledge and intelligence needed for the jobs in question, Bush II, Perry, Palin, Rand Paul, and so many, many others elected by the "base" are both appallingly weak-minded and ignorant. Mitt Romney isn't dumb but shares with the others their extremely striking lack of intellectual curiosity, and (all but Paul) their fundamentalist religion.

This pattern of (usually incompetents) chosen as leaders by the extreme right, and of course by special interests with an eye to opportunity, plays out again and again. Rand Paul's currently trying to sell Dad's brand of libertarianism to the Religious Right as right in line with their values. Given the angry unwillingness of the hard right, religious or no, to care for the sick and feed the poor, I expect him to do quite well.

[Sunlei]

3. old painted rock Perry using refugee children as his crutch to fame!

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4. Wow, that "Smart Man" costume & malignant xenophobia is doing the trick.

[blkmusclmachine]

5. Perry/Palin 2016: "You don't need no stinkin' democracy"