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As time passes as the idiot in the White House continues to shape the US into his personal village, I grow less and less concerned with ideological purity. It doesn`t really matter if I agree on someone on all of the issues that are important to me anymore, but if I get the sense the candidate has his or her head in the right place and isn`t going to drive us off a cliff while shouting `But at least I never supported that comparatively-irrelevant issue!` If there is no country to speak of, almost all of my important issues are meaningless. I have been reading some on the candidates, and Perry is starting to look like the one who can actually BE a president. He is still not my choice, Palin is, but I`m starting to weaken my resolve. Things are very dire, and results are starting to be more important than intentions.

I personally agree with your post. When you consider the significant segment of the voting public that is really uninformed and easily swayed by the MSM, the only winning strategy is an incremental one. No matter who the GOP runs, they will be portrayed as a 'right wing extremist' (even if, God forbid, it was mitty). We need an authentic conservative who speaks boldly and unapologetically on all three legs of the conservative stool - fiscal, social and national defense - while appealing to the independent voters.

The knocks on Perry are immigration, his democratic past and the gardasil debacle. Each have been exaggerated in what actually occurred and none are automatic disqualifiers (like gloBULL warming and romneycare).

Right now Palin and Perry look like our best options to win back the WH. Until either officially get in, I'll support both on FR. The antipathy of many Palin supporters for Perry is ironic too since Sarah Palin and Rick Perry have similar records and like each other as well. It would be ideal to have them together on one ticket and end the primary right now.