It is fascinating to watch the GOP presidential candidates. The flavor-of-the-month theory sure is playing out. Perry has a couple of weeks of fame, then Cain, followed by Gingrich. All the while Romney keeps coming back as the choice for those of us willing to "settle" for a ho-hum candidate.
With all the TV exposure (I'm suffering from debate fatigue myself) and all the media hyping, we are being played like a yo-yo. But that's a topic for another day.
I think we like Gingrich and Cain because they are plain-spoken. They are willing to say the things that need to be said; things we'd like to say about the direction of our country.
No one does that better than Newt and Herman. Romney plays the moderate and talks like a politician is supposed to talk. He's got the lingo down...things like, "Mistakes were made," and "My esteemed colleague from Illinois," blah blah blah.
We are looking for some candor; some truth-telling; a little vicarious venting. We want a candidate to tell us that Obama is clueless about what drives the economy. We want a leader who is willing to call out this administration and congress for spending too much and leading us too far to the left.
Most of all, we want plain talk so we can figure out where they stand and what they'd do if elected.
I think that if they are this rehearsed in the primary season, they will be no good to us at all once they start wooing the moderates.
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