It’s an odd stealth race that may have worked if Perry hadn’t entered, but now he and Bachmann occupy the same space that Palin intended to breeze into later. The tease may have just taken a bit too long, akin to the Fred Thompson incident.
I wouldn’t agree with that. It’s just a hunch, but I think Bachmann’s support is going to prove to be pretty soft. With Perry, the more people get to know the real Rick Perry, the worse he’ll do. Visions of amnesty, Harriet Myers, and Dubai Ports will dance in the primary voters’ heads.
Fred Thompson didn’t have anywhere near the following or fundraising base that Palin does. He also didn’t have the energy she has. Romney is the one who should look out with Perry around. Perry’s true constituency in the Republican party are the ‘smarter than everyone else’ crowd who think that the rest of us rubes (meaning conservatives) can be duped into voting for a quisling who talks the talk. That’s been Romney’s milieu for time immemorial and if he loses it, he’s done.
Why go down that road again.