Just because the man is willing to keep going, and still has the money to do so, doesn't mean that he's still a viable candidate.
He just hasn't caught fire with the voters. On the contrary, he's actually lost at least 22% of the support he came in with. I don't know why it's so hard for some folks to see that he's fading.
Well, let’s look at this realistically. He has six weeks to go before Iowa and New Hampshire.
There was an income earthquake the last few weeks: a ton of people lost their only (reported) income, unemployment insurance.
The next six weeks joe 6-pack and his wife are lost in Thankgiving and Christmas plans, and won’t be paying too much
attention to politics. Good for some candidates who need a break, but even better for one who who knows where and how to swoop at the last minute for the rally.
As a Texan (native or no), surely you know how Perry picks his battles. He wastes not one calorie of energy he doesn’t have to. I will eat my hat and whatever else is demanded of me if Perry doesn’t get out of that brier patch at the time he has the most opportunity.
Like I said, we’ll see. The SRM goes on vacation for the next six weeks. With those hyenas gone, Perry either will wrap it up or drop out. It’s one or the other.
Newt and Mitt have been on both sides of the argument too many times and Perry has the very best economic record of any candidate running.
The last poll I saw had Cain and Romney tied at 21% and Perry and Newt virtually tied at around 11-12 percent.
When you see a person up close and talk to them and get a sense of who they are and you see people mocking that same decent person, it makes you want to circle the wagons to defend the guy.