Sorry to say it but Peter is just wrong on this one. Solid leadership in business is a plus not a minus. We shouldn't belittle Romney's experience in making big decisions in the private sector. It's not his entire resume either, he was governor of MA. By the way, how much executive (leadership) experience does Santorum have?

 He should join Cain and Gingrich in their Lincoln-Douglas style debates. This would allow him to speak about the issues in this format while also addressing both the Cain and Gingrich economic plans directly. I have seen him before working a room in town halls and he is so much more effective in this format than in the game-show debates. I wouldn't mind him participating in the next debate a week or so from now then announcing that he is joining Cain and Gingrich.

 Freeven was right to mention expectations. This is all about lowering expectations so that his next debate performance looks as good as possible. The next debate, which is Nov. 9th, will focus on debt, jobs and taxes.You think Perry would dodge that that type of debate after he just released his Cut, Balance and Grow plan?

A quote from Coolidge's 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence speech: "No other theory is adequate to explain or comprehend the Declaration of Independence. It is the product of the spiritual insight of the people. We live in an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create our Declaration. Our Declaration created them. The things of the spirit come first".I doubt we ever have a leader like that again.

 Comparisons may be unfair or incorrect but some things hold true. Watching this video of Lady Thatcher made me think of the Mike Murphy post and the dust up of comments that followed. The pertinent part of this video comes at the 56 second mark to around the 1:43 mark.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-0WyAkZmxk&feature=related