Romney, Dems Look to Weaponize Bachmann (Hopes Bachmann Will “Rip [Perry’s] Eyes Out”)

FoxNews.com ^ | August 30, 2011 | Chris Stirewalt

[markomalley]

Mitt Romney is going into the lion’s den today.

Romney is neither a veteran nor a Texan, but he is heading to San Antonio, Texas to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention one day after Gov. Rick Perry, who is both a veteran and a Texan, fired up the crowd with a patriotic paean to American exceptionalism.

But with poll after poll showing Romney slipping into Perry’s wake, the former Massachusetts governor is keen to show that he’s not backing down. The latest CNN survey has Perry nearly doubling Romney among all candidates running or considering a run and with a share of voters larger than Romney and third-place Rep. Michele Bachmann combined when only declared candidates were offered.

While Romney has a low and slow strategy that relies on his presidential plausibility and big fundraising to outlast more exciting contenders, including Perry, that strategy would cease to be viable if the insiders and money men backing Romney came to believe his candidacy was doomed. To avoid being marginalized, Romney must demonstrate to the political press that he has a plan to knock down Perry.

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This is backed up in Romney’s oft-repeated implicit argument that Perry has spent an awful lot of time in government for a guy who opposes big government, while Romney spent only four years in public office (Not for lack of trying, though. Romney lost previous bids for a Senate seat and the presidency.)

But the heart of the Romney strategy seems to be to stand back and allow Bachmann to tear apart Perry – to “rip his eyes out,” as she did to Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

[samtheman]

Wow. You’re so wise. So deep. You must truly stand in awe of yourself.

[caww]

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[Constitutionalist Conservative]

I’ve seen you stir up fights on many threads...and others have told you as much more times than not. Just as you’re doing here. So one does learn quickly to consider the source.

I gave myself a timeout from the Perry threads to consider what you said. I've concluded that my response to your post had a snarkiness to it that you didn't deserve. I apologize for that.

[caww]

Thank you and accepted. It does get more than annoying when anyone attempts to questions Perry's position on illegals and the Muslim infilitration into his state, and that with his blessings. It's a fact and unfortunately Perry people do not want to address it....this is well known as even the media is clamoring for some answers....

In my opinion there's not much Perry can state to offset the obvious his actions from his history. His border is a major issue as is his assiting a large infilitration of Muslims into his state. It's a national security issue big time.