“Perry and others are now starting to realize that if the first ballot of the Republican convention does not select a nominee, the field is wide open, and *anybody* can be nominated and selected as the candidate “by acclaim”.”
I am planning on voting for Newt at this point, and I like Santorum, but I like your scenario best of all.
Stranger things have happened.
I’m really encouraging conservatives to start pondering who their (living) ideal presidential candidate would be, and just as importantly, why?
Remember back when parents used to encourage their children by saying that they might grow up someday to become president? That time is now.
Their nation needs them. Their party needs them.
But first we must know who they are.