Lothario
09-23-2011, 12:43 AM
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/POLITICS/09/22/florida.gop.debate/t1larg.perry.romney.debate.gi.jpg
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/09/22/florida.gop.debate/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Article Word Count: ~1,460 words
Just for fun, here are the number of times each candidate is mentioned in the CNN article:
Perry: 29
Romney: 21
Cain: 6
Santorum: 6
Bachmann: 3
Gingrich: 3
Johnson: 3
Huntsman: 2
Paul: 1, literally just to say that he existed there ("Romney, Perry, Bachmann and Santorum were joined onstage at the debate by former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and businessman Herman Cain.")
Obviously in politics, the flip-flopping, the troubled past, the mistakes are what's interesting - just as it is in reality tv. As soon as all of the drama is distilled down to a single, coherent, consistent philosophy - you are no longer interesting...to the media.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/09/22/florida.gop.debate/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Article Word Count: ~1,460 words
Just for fun, here are the number of times each candidate is mentioned in the CNN article:
Perry: 29
Romney: 21
Cain: 6
Santorum: 6
Bachmann: 3
Gingrich: 3
Johnson: 3
Huntsman: 2
Paul: 1, literally just to say that he existed there ("Romney, Perry, Bachmann and Santorum were joined onstage at the debate by former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and businessman Herman Cain.")
Obviously in politics, the flip-flopping, the troubled past, the mistakes are what's interesting - just as it is in reality tv. As soon as all of the drama is distilled down to a single, coherent, consistent philosophy - you are no longer interesting...to the media.