Perry is the only conservative governor running for president. Either him or Romney will run against Obama. It won’t be Cain. He has no money. So if republicans want a small government conservative, with some real convictions, they’ll vote for Perry. Or if they want to nominate another flip-flopping liberal they’ll vote for Romney. It’s pretty simple. I think Obama beats liberal Romney. I think he loses to a real conserative who can get conservatives to the polls. Nominating Romney will be a repeat of 2008. Anyway, that’s the way I see it.
Perry is not a real conservative. So far his poll numbers keep drooping.
It is all self inflicted. The reason for it is that he is another compassionate conservative in the Bush vein. He sure isn’t what I am looking for. In fact, I know of nobody who mentions him.
He has a lot of baggage and looks as though he has no problem climbing into the sack with special interests.
He has no way to the top. He chopped off his own chances in the first two debates. All he has is money, but money can’t buy you love. Those were fatal mistakes. Any attempt to walk them back will not be seen as genuine.