[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Rick Perry I Know (Perry doesn’t take his boot off till a year after the votes have been counted and the opponent has faded into oblivion)

....."He is an extremely astute politician with a keen sense of where voters are, and he has great instincts on message. Perry has ruthless discipline and communication. They say in politics, “Don’t let your boot off an opponent’s neck till Election Day.” Perry doesn’t take his boot off till a year after the votes have been counted and the opponent has faded into oblivion.".....

[PhilDragoo]

With Obama the boot-on-the-neck cliche is just words.

Perry means it triple this time: won't lose the election, won't lose Texas, won't lose America.

With the others it's personal and petty--and produces obscenities like the Bachmann-Romney tag team.