[parksstp]

Perry is screwing Santorum out of the sizeable majority of the Evangelical vote. Santorum’s Evangelical Support appears to be at 65%, Newt 20%, and Perry 15%. The fact that Newt rose, Santorum fell, but Newt hasn’t overtaken Romney means that Newt is still trailing Romney when it comes to those 08 voters.

I’m telling you, Newt would much prefer to have Santorum remain in a strong position where the both of them would finish ahead of Romney is SC. However, Perry’s 5% will be enough to derail Santorum, and it could be enough to derail some of Newt’s support for the military retirees in Horry County and along the coast.

Rick Perry needs to exit the race. He is playing spoiler. If all he can gain are Santorum’s Evangelical base, he’ll still be distant 3rd by next Saturday. There’s no point in him continuing.

[altura]

Rick Santorum is only in this by the fluke of winning a caucus. Which he only won by living in Iowa for months.

He’s not as true a conservative as Perry.

I say that Santorum is the spoiler taking the Evangelical (whatever that is) vote from a far better candidate.

I guess you would like for everyone to bow out but your candidate.

All this wailing for somebody to drop out (usually Perry) is nothing but silly whining.

[af_vet_rr]

Perry could quit right now and it wouldn't help Gingrich or Santorum - South Carolina is an open primary, and the Democrats and libertarians are going to be crossing over in large numbers to vote for Willard and RuPaul. Perry, Santorum, and Gingrich will be lucky to hit their poll numbers.

An open primary is not the time to be talking about people dropping, because it's rigged to help folks drawing crossover votes. The Democrats know Mittens is unelectable and they will be helping him out in the voting.

[magritte]

Santorum isn’t nearly as conservative as Perry, especially on fiscal issues. Santorum hasn’t been in an executive branch, has never been in the military, and was a mediocre senator. Plus, he’s a lawyer.

Santorum should drop out now.