If Perry’s ‘campaign’ stopped Sarah, she was mightily easy to stop.
That is your ignorance speaking, you do not remember the too close to the Palin niche that he filled, which would have forced her into having to fight him for the nomination as Romney watched and destroyed all conservative chances. Perry made it impossible for her to join and to win the nomination, and he ruined her position as the only person in America who could take the nomination from Romney. Perry couldn’t replace her, but he could and did, block her from entering.
The establishment has been fighting her since August 2008.
But you got your Romney, so be happy.