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Update to my early 1st GOP Debate Report

By Erik Zimerman On October 20, 2011 · Add Comment · In Against the Wind

At the start of the primary season, I reported on the first GOP debate. After some insightful observations, and putting on record my initial ranking considerations here repeated below, I also then predicted what the media would attempt to do: 1. Newt Gingerich 2. Romney 3. Ron Paul 4. Pawlenty 5. Herman Cain 6. Michele Bachman 7. Rick Santorum “Of course, the medial will try to precisely reverse this order… will try to say Newt is a bored disconnected college professor…and they will try to declare the winners the underdogs they do not see as being able to win the general election… maybe pawlenty, herman cain or Bachman. ” This is precisely what happened, mostly with the media putting an enormous emphasize on Bachman, and virtually ignoring even the existence of Newt Gingerich (except when reporting scandal or someone in his camp quitting). Early polling showed the effects of this. As realclearpolitics.com trend graphs show, (poll averages over time), Bachman was given a big boost by the early coverage, Newt dropped to somewhere in the 4% range. Now, Rick Perry, had not been in this first debate nor announced his candidacy, the media put [...]

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The New Hampshire Debate (and Rankings)

By Erik Zimerman On June 14, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Against the Wind

Newt is still awesome! He was almost ignored by the annoying moderator (was he anderson cooper’s boyfriend?) who should have been shot for saying “all right, all right” after the candidate had said more than 2 words, but every time he spoke, he was incredibly calm, intellectually deep and accurate and full of the confidence of principle. When Romney had made a quite presidential and seemingly flawless response, where he tried to make Herman Cain look bad for saying he would not hire a Muslim in his administration, Newt came in with an uppercut, with bold non PC-ness and one upped him where it seemed impossible. Again, substance over symbolism and political posturing; he told of a terrorist suspect in court, who when asked by the Judge why he broke the US rules when he himself had signed that he would abide by them when obtaining his entry visa, said “you are my enemy, I lied”. This type of geopolitical realism is so sorely missed with this fumbling administration who constantly betrays friends, and rewards enemies (by virtue of fear). Ron Paul, as usual, was pretty awesome, he really is a champion of freedom, he lives in another [...]

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