We can always do a lot worse, but right now, we have got to do BETTER.
Muuuuuuch better. We are up a creek with no paddle.
Freepers don't like Rick Santorum and bizarrely felt that Newt Gingrich was "more conservative" than him. Rick Perry, on the other hand, had a TON of fans here and was hyped endlessly as the "anti-Romney" candidate the last time around. His candidacy sucked all the air out of the room and other conservatives, like Michelle Bachmann, were thrown under the bus in favor of Perrymania.
I agree that there doesn't seem to be as much enthusiasm for Perry this time around, however. Rick Perry's performance in 2012 can be attributed to that.