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27 August 2015

Ben Carson 2016? Only if you dislike oil and gas and love ethanol

Wandering around Galveston today, I saw a bunch of different Ben Carson 2016 bumper stickers. Perhaps just coincidence.

Do you think they know that Ben Carson echoes the anti-oil & gas talking points of liberals? Even worse, that he wants to take from oil and gas companies to subsidize ethanol production?

There's a reason why you study economics and public policy before you run for president.

Posted by Evan @ 08/27/15 10:31 PM | Comments (0)        

 

18 August 2015

Insiders are wrong: Rick Perry won't be the first to drop out

It's been a long time since a real post.

I actually wrote a few real posts over the past months, but got distracted by the kids and never got around to hitting publish. Instead I'm going to do a quick combination of two of those posts "Rick Perry 2016: Quixotic" and "The financial constraint has been removed."

Politico's poll of insiders:

Forty percent of early-state Republicans and nearly half of early-state Democrats believe Rick Perry will be the first candidate to drop out of the presidential race.

This is in reaction to the news that Perry's campaign is essentially out of money and are no longer paying staffers.

Look, as the title of my unpublished post says, Rick Perry running for president in 2016 is quixotic. Perry 2016 always has been impossible: if you couldn't win in 2012 against the weakest field of candidates with the wind at your back, how are you going to win the White House in 2016 running against the strongest ever Republican field of candidates with the wind in your face?

It just ain't gonna happen. Never was. But per the title of the second post: there's no longer a financial constraint.

Though the Perry2016 campaign might be out of money, essentially nothing has changed in the strategy that might make him a contender. From the beginning, his one shot has been to go to Iowa and meet as many caucus participants as possible. Focus on farmers and veterans and hope you're under the radar enough that they don't target you for not supporting ethanol subsidies. Spend all your money in Iowa and see if you can make a go of it.

The financial constraint has always been what ended presidential campaigns. But with the rise of Super PACs, not only is it possible to make a real go of it in a few states, you also have the assurance that you can raise money if you can pull off a surprise and prove yourself viable.

The Super PAC has raised more than $15m, and shouldn't be burning any money right now, so they should have a solid $15m to fund campaign-like activities that don't cross the FEC's fancy legal line. So all the Perry presidential campaign has to do is really fund his travel expenses and maybe a bodyman. Given the email/direct mail lists and relationships he's accumulated over decades of running for office, covering those expenses should be easy. It's not much money.

So is Perry going to be the first to drop out? Dropping out comes down to the candidate's psyche -- but rationally, if you're Rick Perry then you stay the course through Iowa. Nothing has changed: may as well give Iowa a shot. It ain't gonna happen, but then again: a governor from Paint Creek wasn't gonna happen either.

UPDATE: Rick Perry was the first presidential candidate to quit the 2016 campaign.

Posted by Evan @ 08/18/15 12:09 AM | Comments (0)        

 

27 July 2015

It seems like many do not understand the concept of floors and ceilings.

Posted by Evan @ 07/27/15 06:16 PM | Comments (0)        

 

29 June 2015

It hadn't made sense why GWB stayed out of campaigns, only to quietly -- very quietly -- write a check to Branch. But now it does.

Posted by Evan @ 06/29/15 10:19 PM | Comments (0)        

 

11 May 2015

If you drive Katy Hockley Cut Off Rd between 290 and 10, you will see Steve Radack's name on signs over and over and over again.

Posted by Evan @ 05/11/15 11:21 PM | Comments (0)        

 

02 April 2015

Ted Cruz's DrudgeReport ad

Ted Cruz's ad on Drudge right now:

Ted Cruz DrudgeReport ad

And the call to action second screen:

Ted Cruz Drudge Report call to action

Posted by Evan @ 04/02/15 07:30 AM | Comments (0)        

 

25 March 2015

Charles CW Cooke nails it:

You grew up in a quasi-monarchy; do you have any discomfort over the prospect of a Bush-Clinton election?
Extreme discomfort. To me, it's unseemly, and it is antithetical to American values.

Posted by Evan @ 03/25/15 11:41 PM | Comments (0)        

 

05 February 2015

She'd have a better chance.

Posted by Evan @ 02/05/15 02:24 AM | Comments (0)        

 

08 January 2015

Jason Villalba's progressively thin skin

Dallas state rep Jason Villalba told an audience that Speaker Joe Straus would deliver a "progressive" agenda. That's pretty strange, since that's what liberals have been attempting to rebrand themselves for at least 15 years now. But yet, given a chance to correct a misstatement, Villalba reiterated, "I don't know why progressive is a bad word."

But then Straus was selected by Democrats (and a handful of liberal Republicans) to be speaker. Since then, Joe Straus has directed the Texas House like he owes his position to Democrats.

Apparently Jason Villalba wants to make sure Democrats know that Joe Straus is not going to abandon them, as he knew his remarks would get picked up by the press.

As long as Democrats remain 100% unified in their habitual pro-Straus bloc, then the Speaker is likely safe -- unless Republicans decide to stop letting Democrats pick Straus as speaker. Hence why I tweeted:

Less than 5 minutes after I tweeted that:

Progessive Jason Villalba has thin skin

Jason Villalba blocked me. For a politician, Villalba has some very thin skin.

Posted by Evan @ 01/08/15 11:52 PM | Comments (0)        

 

06 January 2015

El Payaso FFF (prefiere TMF) tiene algunas propagandas

Ferdinand Frank Fischer, also known by his alias "Trey Martinez Fischer" has some interesting ads up.

His English ad is awwwwkkkkwarrdd, but his Spanish ad is quite good. It reminds me of Van de Putte, whose ads were better in Spanish than English. Que torpe.

Every single bit of that ad where "TMF" talks looks fake. It's incredibly overacted by someone who felt really uncomfortable. The head bobbing, the voice oscillations in odd places, all of it. It's strange. They manage to get Bernal in as many shots as possible, even as he doesn't speak to the camera.

So his Spanish actually looks dubbed in to me as the lips don't match the audio on the Youtube video. But that's hard to notice. It's a good ad, and in his brief spoken bits, he's got a better accent than I thought he had (especially when dubbed in?). But even if they dubbed it in, his face actually looks like it might believe what his voice is saying. That's the opposite of the English video, where the words are totally discombobulated from the body movements. It's a pretty solid ad.

I am amused that he takes a shot at Republicans in both videos -- Dan Patrick by name in the English one, and just "Republicans" in the Spanish ad. Nunca deja ser inflamatorio, lo que sea no importa.

Posted by Evan @ 01/06/15 08:49 AM | Comments (0)        

 

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