There is no cage match at all ~ only 3 of the officially announced candidates for the nomination had been lifelong Conservative Republicans.Har. We had full-contact karate over whether Bachmann, Perry, Santorum, Gingrich, Cain were the true conservatives. Blood all over the ring.
Bachmann and Perry had not been lifelong Conservative Republicans ~ that's pretty clear.
Perry, in fact, had served in public office as an elected Democrat!