Translation: To the extent that we know (and voters are playing with pollsters to a greater extent than usual, so pollsters don’t really know), everyone except Romney’s solid 25-30% is hoping and praying to find someone who can stop Romney. Perry was up, Bachmann was up. Santorum was up. Newt was up. Cain was up. When those temporary bursts of popularity go back down, Romney does not get their support. Conservatives have agreed that anyone willing to run is MUCH better than settling for Mitt, and they are vetting the options as they try to choose the most electable non-Mitt option. I just hope and pray that we make that choice after no more than three more primaries, so that the non-Romney option can gather more delegates than the big government, inside-the-Beltway, RINO option.
>> Bachmann was up.
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Bachmann is no longer running.