The Tea Party does NOT like Rick Perry OR mitt Romney. They are RINO’s, and therefore part of the PROBLEM.
You don’t speak for the Tea Party.
Anecdotal evidence suggests Perry is their choice. But you know what? It’s not just them. They take a lot of the headlines but the social right and just “conservatives” have melded around him quite a bit too. There is overlap between these groups but not completely.
Now as for Chris Matthews I refuse to watch him but will say I don’t love him. I just support him because I think he’s well...not as conservative as me but more so then Bush so it’ ll move us a few degrees to the right from where Bush left off even if not as far as I want to go. And if MMitt doesn’t succeed in destroying his mainstream appeal Perry can win whereas the other options cannot.
Absolutely true. Beware anyone who says anything to the contrary, especially one of the most liberal networks on television, MSNBC.
Views of Republican Presidential Candidates
Rep Primary Voters - Tea Party Rep Primary Voters
Don’t know/ Don’t know/
Fav. Unfav. Undecided Fav. Unfav. Undecided
Romney 45% 17 37 45% 22 33
Perry 44% 9 47 59% 6 35
Gingrich 38% 33 28 49% 30 21
Bachmann 35% 21 43 50% 17 33
Cain 30% 10 60 45% 10 44
Paul 21% 34 45 26 40 34
Santorum 15% 13 71 25% 15 60
Huntsman 10% 21 68 12% 30 58RINOs are really the solution to the problem....Palin, Bachman, Perry, Cain....are ALL RINOs when you compare them to the Establishment GOP!
I want to hear what he would do on illegal immigration. I think he is soft on amnesty. So far what I’ve heard disturbs me. I am also not happy with the NAFTA highway, which he seems to favor. I do not think that Islam should be taught in schools! I just can’t get with this man. My spirit says, no, no, no. I didn’t like the Bushes, and I think Perry is just more of the same.