Wimp factor’ could pose threat to some 2012 GOP contenders

[kpete]

Source: The Hill

Wimp factor’ could pose threat to some 2012 GOP contenders
By Niall Stanage - 06/16/11 05:00 AM ET

The “wimp factor” — a label that was once applied with derision to George H.W. Bush — might be back to haunt the Republican Party.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty are the putative front-runners among the declared 2012 candidates. They both have many attributes. But neither man is liable to be confused with John Wayne.

This has become even more noticeable now that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) has entered the race and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has once again ramped up her profile (though she remains on the sidelines for now). Both women seem to have a stronger elemental appeal to conservative activists than do their male rivals.

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Republican presidential candidates have long enjoyed an advantage among white male voters. There is no single reason for this. But the GOP’s success at portraying its candidates as more assertive, decisive and outright macho than their opponents is clearly part of the mix.



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[MineralMan]

1. Pawlenty will fade away very soon.

I don't think he was ever really a contender. He doesn't even have the respect of the people of Minnesota. He'll soon be history.

[OHdem10]

2. I beg to differ. There is a seious reason why they get the Male

Vote. In late 70s and into 80s when the structural
changes started in this country, Trade policy led
to dropping salaries, women had to go to work outside
the home. Blacks were reaching a point where they'
were educationally and skills wise had to be given
some opportunity to participate in the economy.

REMEMBER the ANGRY WHITE MALE. The GOP successfully
painted the Democratic Party as nothing but a collection
of "Feminists, Blacks, Gays,.--not a place where a White
Male would want to hang.

The GOP got the White Males and they have kept them.

They are stretching for any excuse to get rid of Romney.

GOP likes to dumb things down. Romney comes across as
too uppercrust.