[Clairity]

And of the key MSM's tactic is to turn conservatives against Perry, claiming he is not "conservative enough", to knock him out in the primary.

Their other tactic is to claim Perry is too extreme, to turn independents against him, in case they are not successful in knocking him out in the primary.

[editor-surveyor]

How can you “smear” someone with their own record?

These Perry protection threads are getting hard not to just laugh at.

[Impy]

turn conservatives against Perry, claiming he is not "conservative enough"

That happens to be the truth.