You betcha. Palin or Bachmann cannnot only carry the South (including TX and FL) but all Red States as well.
Perry, even if he has grown up to be an authentic Constitutional Conservative (which I doubt, given his being a former demrat) will always be suspect as far as Tea Party is concerned. We cnnot afford to make a mistake and vote for RINOs again.
I would hope that Perry supporters will, in the end, accept this reality and put their energy behind Palin or Bachmann.
So was Ronald Reagan who turned out to be our greatest president in recent years.