If I am forced to guess, my guess is SP will not get in. A little early to write Romney off at this point. He is very disciplined and focused not to mention well financed. The GOP usually goes with the runner up in the last election. Even RR had to lose first before he could win. Same with McCain and Bush Senior. It’s the GOP’s way of vetting candidates. Perry’s problem is he hasn’t been fully vetted yet. There may be things out there we don’t know about him. Romney has already been vetted.
“If I am forced to guess, my guess is SP will not get in”
We both know Governor Palin is in. Your posts have already assumed that.
“Romney has already been vetted.”
The Romney clan has been “vetted” since 1964. With his pedigree he didn’t need to be “vetted.” His vetting in ‘08 showed him to be a poor candidate then, and he’s a worse one now. Too soon to write him off? I think it should be obvious to everybody the Romney bid has failed. New Poll on TV this morning trumpeted: Perry new frontrunner at 29%, Romney down to 17%! this is understood by Romney himself, otherwise; he would never have made such a tin-ear move by going forward right now with the mansion tear-down project. Romney is a team player so he will stay in as long as the party machine needs him to stick around to complete the GOP aristocracy-wing’s selection process, but it’s over for Romney himself.