You are mistaken. I don’t have anything against Perry. But claiming sour grapes isn’t going to make his situation change any better.
First, yeah, Santorum camped out in IA and was the last man standing. But don’t overlook the fact that Perry had the money, cash, and organization to blanket the airwaves as well, and still came in 4th. He did himself enormous damage in the debates. For this reason, the voters moved on. He isn’t going to win the SC. The best he is looking at is to finish ahead of Ron Paul in 4th. It’s over for him. I don’t have anything against him, but the fact is the longer he stays in the race, all he is going to do is ciphon off votes, even if it’s only 4-5%.
You mustn’t have read my posts. Gingrich wants Santorum to stay in. The best case scenario in SC is that Gingrich recaptures the percentage of 08 McCain voters he lost and Santorum does well with Evangelicals in the NW, pushing Romney to 3rd. This could be a template that the two of them use for going forward where they both could survive.
Santorum is NOT a spoiler in regards to Perry. If you’ve got a problem with the voters in SC, NH, or IA, take it up with them. A clear majority of them have supported Santorum over Perry and will probably continue to do so.
It’s over for Perry. He could have gotten out and thrown what was left of his money, network, and organization to Newt or Santorum, but has chosen not to. His continued candidacy helps no one.
My problem is that we’ve put our money and votes on the wrong candidate.
I can go along with Newt and he probably has the best chance of winning. He would be a quixotic president but an interesting and mainly conservative one.
I get queasy thinking of Santorum going up against Obama.
It’s one sissy looking many against another.
I shouldn’t say that, as it is mean, and I know Santorum is probably a decent guy but he is very ineffectual looking and vulnerable. Why did he lose the senate race so overwhelmingly. Can he win his own state.
And please explain sour grapes to me. Some of the grapes are sour, so why shouldn’t I point that out?
Yes, Perry could have gotten out, but he was being true to himself and his supporters. People didn’t give him money so that he could support Santorum or Gingrich.
They gave him money because they wanted him.
And, by the way, nobody gives their ‘money’ to another candidate. He will give his support to somebody and it will probably be Gingrich, since they are standing together on the Romney/Bain thing.