Who got in the race last? Who got into the race after a whole lot of pushing by the GOP Establishment?
Perry is only in this to split the social conservatives away from the Tea Party and hand the nomination to Romney.
Both Romney and Perry are the same old GOP politics as usual Establishment politicians. All this suppose verbal combat at the debates between them is just Kabuki theater for the masses.
What does Romney need? Someone to build a bridge to the social conservatives in the GOP base like Palin did for McCain in 2008. Who is the darling cult of personality Bush jr idol of the social conservatives?
Rick Perry.
What does Perry need? A chance to perform on the National stage and be “President in waiting” so he can be President in fact 8 years from now.
It is a political Establishment marriage of the GOPbots dreams. It the equivalent of putting Bush and McCain on the same ticket. Mass campaign money plus candidates who are on the “correct” side of every one of the crony capitalist party Establishment positions.
Cain has nothing to offer any of the Establishment Candidates. He build no bridges, brings no money and totally over shadows any of them on the intellectual field.
Cain would not be anyone choice for VP. Perry will be.
Right. That's why Romeny was just on TV with Christie attacking Perry, not one word about Cain. And that's why Romney said yesterday that voters should vote for either himslef of Cain. And that's why Cain said he would be anybody's VP but Perry, and wouldn't vote for Perry as nomineee.
Who got into the race after a whole lot of pushing by the GOP Establishment?
Not Perry. The GOP elites were deperately trying to get someone other than Perry in the race when it became clear Romney was a dud. Their guy was Christie, who's now on the Romeny team.
Cain has nothing to offer any of the Establishment Candidates. He build no bridges, brings no money and totally over shadows any of them on the intellectual field.
Cain could offer Romney exactly what Sarah Palin did for McCain; get people like you to vote for Mitt in the general election.
Bingo. Nail...head...hammer. Perry’s job was to draw support from all the true conservatives: Cain, Palin, Bachmann. He did succeed in pretty much killing the Bachmann candidacy.