Michele Bachmann And Rick Perry Have Almost No Hope Of Getting Re-Elected

[Matariki]

Well here's some GREAT news:

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/michele-bachmann-and-rick-perry-have-almost-no-hope-of-getting-re-elected/politics/2012/01/26/33683

Former Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry not only did so poorly on the campaign trail that they had to quit (“suspend”) their campaigns, but voters in their respective states were paying attention, and now, both Bachmann and Perry are polling so poorly that they have almost no hope of getting re-elected.
Michele Bachmann, as a U.S. Representative, faces election every two years. Voters in her home state of Minnesota now brand her as all but un-electable, with a majority, 57%, believing Bachmann should not run for re-election. Public Policy Polling, after a poll released just a few days ago, labels Bachmann “unpopular,” stating the anti-gay, anti-abortion theocrat “would have a hard time getting elected to statewide office in the future.”

Texas Governor Rick Perry, also an anti-gay, anti-abortion theocrat, is now polling worse than the man he was trying to beat, President Barack Obama.

“His image has slipped, with 37 percent saying they have a less favorable view of him following the campaign, and 45 percent saying that his run has hurt the state’s image,” the Dallas Morning News reports.

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[gateley]

1. Good! nt

[southernyankeebelle]

2. These are the kinds of politicans that we do not want in office and their states know they are

theocrats.

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. The 6th Congressional District of Minnesota is not a state wide office

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[Indydem]

4. DING DING

We have a winner.

[Angry Dragon]

5. That is true

but there have been rumors of her looking at perhaps a senate run

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

6. Exactly. The Anoka/Stillwater Republican idiots will push Bachmann over the top again...

And she'll be back in the House being a moron.

[surrealAmerican]

17. ... and after another 2-year term ...

... (if she doesn't mess up too badly) if she decides to run for Senate, none of this campaign will be remembered.

[RZM]

21. Indeed

I thought that odd. While I know little about statewide politics in Minnesota, I do get the sense she would have quite an uphill battle to become a Senator, even if she hadn't gone on this presidential adventure.

As for her house seat, it's pretty tough to unseat incumbents, so I'd bet she can hold on to that for the foreseeable future.

[Old and In the Way]

7. Basically, she bailed on the job she was elected to do.

This was a vanity candidacy from the get-go. The only thing she accomplished was humiliating herself (and the voters of her district) with her ridiculous campaign. If I'm a voter in her district, I wouldn't reward her ego with another term. Maybe get someone in Congress who can do more than bark at the moon?

What can you say about Perry....he's proven himself to be a clown in cowboy boots.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. This Texas resident says GOOD!

[JohnnyRingo]

9. That's bad when nearly half those polled feel Perry embarassed the state of Texas.

I can see a quarter or even a third, but four out of ten is a consensus in my opinion. You have to figure another double digit percentage can either take him or leave him, and that leaves a minority of positive support.

Frankly, I agree that he reflects poorly on the voters who elected him.
I can't talk too critically though, I'm from Ohio. LOL

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. I wish that is all he has done. Embarrassed the state by being dumbass on the national stage is

nothing compared to what he has done to those who live here.

[FredStembottom]

11. ” stating the anti-gay, anti-abortion theocrat “

Heaven knows, as a Minnesotan, I would like this to be true.

But the quoted sentence makes it clear that this is not from an actual news source.

I'll wait for confirmation elsewhere.

[fascisthunter]

12. good, because they are mentally incapable of governing anyone or anything

they are predators working for others who think as they do, and who are as apathetic, morally deficient as they are.

[duhneece]

13. Be still my heart...nt

[Ganja Ninja]

15. "His run has hurt the state's image"

I don't know how? After Dubya the image of Texas was pretty well shot anyway. Perry didn't hurt it so much as confirm it.

[Ezlivin]

16. This Texas resident says BULLSHIT

You are using logic and reason to explain why these slack-jawed open-mouth breathers will not be reelected.

Never underestimate the stupidity of American voters.

All Perry has to do is mumble some shit about Jesus, flash a crooked grin and most Texas voters will melt. Run a bunch of ads showing him loving some non-aborted white baby and cuttin' taxes down on the ranch. Tell everyone of the socialist/liberal threat, have a few prayer rallies and that man will be worshipped.

[w8liftinglady]

19. Unfortunately,I have to agree with you.

I worked on Bill White's campaign in 2010. he would have made such a difference in Texas...the child of two teachers,labor-friendly,education-friendly,healthcare oriented.Texans screwed themselves royally when they re-elected Perry.

We just have to keep up the fight.I'm focusing on the 2012 senate race.

[NatBurner]

26. exactly. and if he runs from debates like he did with bill white

it's a wrap.

again.

i miss ann richards.

[oldhippie]

27. Agree

If he decides to run again, he will probably win again. I wonder, though, if he may not be getting tired of it?

[bemildred]

18. Amerika doesn't like losers.

"A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense."

Jonathan Lethem "The Ecstasy of Influence" Harper's Feb. 2007

[CanonRay]

20. Don't underestimate those idiots in Bachmann's district.

[demosincebirth]

22. You are right. Also, we them all over the U.S. and they are allowed to vote.

[marmar]

23. But Bachmann's district is probably not representative of a statewide poll.....

Every election someone says she's on her way out.....but she keeps coming back, like a virus.

[Motown_Johnny]

24. Maybe God told them to run for President to get them out of office

Mysterious ways and all that ya know

[catrose]

25. I'd love to think Perry couldn't be elected again

But I can't believe he's been elected so many times already. We pay $9000 to rent him an apartment because the governor's mansion burned down, and now he's drawing retirement AND his salary. Governor Goodhair, Molly Ivins called him. His only claim to quality.

[NNN0LHI]

28. Future AIG Reverse Mortgage spokespeople

[MineralMan]

29. Bachmann has NEVER been elected to statewide office.

She has only won elections in a very conservative district. Redistricting this year may put her place of residence in MN CD-4, where she will face a very popular progressive Congresswoman, Betty McCollum. The boundaries are not official yet, and won't be until late February, but that's the expectation by many who are following the redistricting. Bachmann is not popular with MN Republicans, either, except in her old district, which will probably be broken up.