[Montfort]

"Let’s assume Perry runs, and the other candidates are Romney, Bachman, Cain, Pawlenty, Palin, Santorum, Gingrich, and whoever I may be forgetting."

"Whoever you are forgetting" would be Ron Paul, who has officially announced. I think that he should be mentioned before Gingrich, at any rate.

[UniqueViews]

I was not mentioning them in order of preference or any order. Ron Paul would just be one more person to split the conservative votes, as I said.

[org.whodat]

the ron paul nuts are a non factor.