“Saving America is going to take more than an iffy candidate.”
We go with the candidates we have. We have an overall good field this year, a step up from 2008. Saving America wont happen with a fantasy candidate that wont be on the ballot in 2012.
Perry is one of the best candidates for conservatives in the field, which he why he jumped to frontrunner status. Others - Cain, Bachmann, Santorum, Gingrich - are choices you can go for, but none are really better than Perry overall, they all have strengths and weaknesses. The main issue for the other conservatives is the lack of executive experience (eg being governors) and electability.
If you want to be a pure Tea Party conservative, with a strong economic conservative agenda, then support a guy who is truly solid and conservative - Herman Cain. since he’s not gotten elected experience, he’s not taken seriously and it looks like it will end up being a Perry v Romney fight.Gingrich would be good too, if not for his sitting on the couch with nancy, but is he electable?
Perry is weak on immigration, but the critics are over-the-top on that - he’s against the DREAM Act, signed a voter ID bill, pushed for outlawing sanctuary cities, and opposes amnesty. He’ll have to answer more on immigration issue.
Romney is to the right of Perry on immigration, and to the left of him on everything else. Since it is looking much like Perry v Romney, beating up on Perry is most beneficial to Romney.
“If I agree with the candidate 100% of the time,”
I never do, and I never expect to. I also thinks its not right to call a candidate a RINO just because they arent 100% in agreement with me.
Choose wisely.
I have more than just a few minor differences with Rick Perry.