Rick Perry can do just one thing in South Carolina, and that is help Mitt Romney win. He can if he is really fortunate peel 4 or 5 points from Newt and another 3 or 4 from Rick S. giving him a total of about 15 - 17 percent. That is if he does really really well. On the other hand if he got behind Newt he could add his 5 to Newts 23, and along with Rick S. 14, they could beat Romney. It is time to stop dreaming and come back to the real world before it is too late. Kinda like the Fred heads learned the hard way in South Carolina in 08 when they help elect Mr. McCain. Same story here.
There you are again noobie hitting all the threads to help Newt.
Cute.
In the words of another great Texan (for a while) Don Meredith,
“If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas.”
Everyone thinks we should abandon OUR candidate and support theirs.
As long as Rick Perry is fighting and has a chance I will support him.
If he doesn’t make it, I will reluctantly vote for another candidate, but it won’t be Romney.
Huckabee had more to do with us getting McCain than Fred did.
It is time to stop dreaming and come back to the real world before it is too late. Kinda like the Fred heads learned the hard way in South Carolina in 08 when they help elect Mr. McCain. Same story here.
So you blame the individual candidate rather than the voters that pull the lever? Interesting concept.
Romney may actually be more conservative than Newt. Newt has said repeatedly that he sees FDR as the best president of the 20th century and likens himself to TR. Both were big government Progressives and between them brought about the most egregious of the policies that we now suffer under.
As a historian Newt knows this and that brings enough question about his character and worldview that I don't think I could support him — I may hold my nose to vote like I did with Mccain but the base won't be energized and the contrast between two Statists will be minimal. That is why the Kenyan won the first term.
What we need is a PRINCIPALED conservative like Santorum or Perry. Not a pseudo Conservative like Newt.
BTW I don't really trust the polls but an alternative analysis of the numbers shows that if Newt got out and his votes went to either one of the Ricks — then Romney would be done as well.