Go with Perry. It’s not a great choice, but I have to agree.
5 thoughts on “Romney Versus Perry?”
How is it not a great choice? One of them tanked his state’s economy in prosperous times, the other one kept his state competitive in a depression. Where’s the qualm?
If Romney becomes the Republican nominee, I will give him my support, and possibly a modest amount of my money, too.
But I think Romney has at least a touch of what Hayek referred to as the “fatal conceit”: the belief that smart guys in government can engineer markets more efficiently than those markets which arise spontaneously. RomneyCare is evidence of this.
And I’m not even making the claim that RomneyCare is unconstitutional. Clearly, states have latitude that the federal government does not (or should not).
What I’m saying is that state-engineered markets in services is more often an aspiration of the Left rather than the Right.
If Romney is elected, I don’t anticipate that he will advance government-engineered markets over spontaneous markets. I think he does have some inclination toward government solutions, but I think the limited-government movement among conservatives will keep this inclination in check.
At this early moment in the primary, I prefer Perry’s apparent policies over those of Romney. On retail political skill, Romney may have an advantage over Perry.
But hey, what do I know? Nuttin’, really.
—Tom Nally, New Orleans
I can’t stand either one of them (and I say this as a former Texan). Why has the media blacklisted Gary Johnson? He had the most success in the statehouse of any of the ex-governors in the race.
Well, whether we like it or not I think that people are going to want to go with the more entrenched political candidate. Obama was an outlier that came out of nowhere and wooed the crowd into hope and rhetoric. People want someone with a record and a semblance of something more tangible. I just don’t think the mainstream media is going to be able to get away with the blatant smear campaign this time around. But I agree that we by and large remain complicit in letting the MFM practically dictate who the front runner is based purely upon the number of cameras that surround a candidate.
+1 to Roga, as it is all that really needs to be said in times like these if the question is just Romney vs Perry.
How is it not a great choice? One of them tanked his state’s economy in prosperous times, the other one kept his state competitive in a depression. Where’s the qualm?
If Romney becomes the Republican nominee, I will give him my support, and possibly a modest amount of my money, too.
But I think Romney has at least a touch of what Hayek referred to as the “fatal conceit”: the belief that smart guys in government can engineer markets more efficiently than those markets which arise spontaneously. RomneyCare is evidence of this.
And I’m not even making the claim that RomneyCare is unconstitutional. Clearly, states have latitude that the federal government does not (or should not).
What I’m saying is that state-engineered markets in services is more often an aspiration of the Left rather than the Right.
If Romney is elected, I don’t anticipate that he will advance government-engineered markets over spontaneous markets. I think he does have some inclination toward government solutions, but I think the limited-government movement among conservatives will keep this inclination in check.
At this early moment in the primary, I prefer Perry’s apparent policies over those of Romney. On retail political skill, Romney may have an advantage over Perry.
But hey, what do I know? Nuttin’, really.
—Tom Nally, New Orleans
I can’t stand either one of them (and I say this as a former Texan). Why has the media blacklisted Gary Johnson? He had the most success in the statehouse of any of the ex-governors in the race.
Well, whether we like it or not I think that people are going to want to go with the more entrenched political candidate. Obama was an outlier that came out of nowhere and wooed the crowd into hope and rhetoric. People want someone with a record and a semblance of something more tangible. I just don’t think the mainstream media is going to be able to get away with the blatant smear campaign this time around. But I agree that we by and large remain complicit in letting the MFM practically dictate who the front runner is based purely upon the number of cameras that surround a candidate.
+1 to Roga, as it is all that really needs to be said in times like these if the question is just Romney vs Perry.