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Yes, we are talking about electability. Romney has been running for president for five years. He can't sell it.

Cain has never been elected, not even for dog-catcher. Perry has never lost an election. I'd say he's electable.

Cain has never been elected, not even for dog-catcher.

Plenty of Tea Party folks aren't fond of professional politicians, so I'm not sure why you hold that against Cain.

Perry has never lost an election.

He had no Republican opponent in 2002. In 2006, his closest primary challenger was a secessionist who didn't crack double digits when the votes were tallied. In the 2006 general, he was running against a clown car full of contenders and he ran away with 39% of the vote. In 2010 his biggest Republican contender was Kay Bailey Hutchinson and he barely got out of a runoff situation by %1.1. In the general, he ran against a Clinton insider. I don't know where you're from, but Perry's election record is not one to be proud of.

I just looked and your from Texas. When I made the comment “I don’t know where you’re from, but Perry’s election record is not one to be proud of.”, that was meant for somebody outside of Texas who had no awareness of Perry’s elections. Being that you’re from Texas, I’m shocked that you would consider his gubernatorial elections something to be proud of. 39% was dang good in 2006 against a heavily divided field, but it’s still not something to be proud of since it means 61% of voters voted for somebody other than Perry.