Can I take a leap and just pose a bet that the Force will be the trio of Pawlenty, Perry and Romney. If we can wait a lifetime for Palin, we can wait a minute for Perry to shake a tree or two. All he has to do for traction is read his resume and that will give him time to pull together a campaign. Cash, money and endorsements will be energized and delivered on a rocket.
Romney and TPaw will be in the RINO finals, I don’t care whether Perry enters or not.
The question is whether the conservatives will field a whole bracket—i.e., will Palin get in?—otherwise, I see Cain and Bachmann disqualifying themselves back in the semis, and the RINOs winning by default.
And yes, if it came down to it, I’d pick TPaw in that case over Romney.