It’s hard to understand if your not from the south, but people from the south prefer to vote for people from the south.
If Perry wasn’t in the race and Santorum was from the south we would be Huckster 2.0
But he is—and he isn’t.
Also, Huckster’s all charm, kind of a C-grade GOP Bill Clinton. Santorum seems genuinely sincere but less appealing.
My guess is that Perry will, like Huck last time, end up being a regional candidate. (That Southern style isn’t all that appealing outside of the South.)
As a Yankee who has lived in the South, I tell people, "The civil War isn't over."