Perry’s a corrupt crony capitalist who has got to and held onto his position by selling out to the highest bidder as much as by his smarts or a coherent political philosophy.
Look how quickly he called us out for being “heartless” racists, discriminating against people by their “last names”? How he defended his Gardasil mandate because he’ll always choose on the side of “protecting life”? (That’s an authoritarian impulse big-government compassionate conservative for you. Nurse Bloomberg has the same impulse, except he’s “protected” far more lives with anti-smoking, low-sodium and low-fat initiatives in NYC.)
In short, Perry is compromised, like Mitt, in campaigning against the Obamacare mandates, but also even more than Mitt against campaigning against Obama’s big-spending cronyism. And he is less able to hold his own in a debate or speaking off the cuff than Romney is.
(Big hint here: Palin is the one with the credibility to campaign against Obamacare’s mandates and Obama’s big government corruption.)
And, finally, Perry is a more viable candidate than Cain is.
LINKS! Facts! Or doesn't that matter to our side?
Palin isn’t running, at this point, so my point was you gotta pick who you think are the next two best candidates.
If Palin does decide to run, you can always pick her and drop the lesser of your previous candidates.