“Even his contemporary in South Carolina, Gov. Nikki Haley, has endorsed Romney.”
That doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. Romney is NOT popular in the southern states, including South Carolina, and I think South Carolina voters see that Haley endorsed Romney purely as political payback for his endorsement of her gubernatorial campaign. Therefore, I believe Haley’s Romney endorsement is irrelevant.
Gov. Perry is the only candidate in this race who shares southern values: anti-DC, limited government, pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, deeply Christian, pro-military, pro-business and SOUTHERN!
Nikki’s endorsement for Romney won’t mean squat. It would matter if she had endorsed the other Rick or Gingrich.
Endorsing Romney puts her at odds with most of her constituents and they won’t pay much attention to it.