[tarheelswamprat]

I agree that Al Gore ran as a conservative. How do I know? Because I was living in Tennessee during the latter part of his senatorship. I know how he came across. ... He HAD to pass himself off as a conservative. He was running in TENNESSEE. When Tennessee discovered who he really was, his own state didn’t even support him for the presidency.

True. The sad irony, however, is that you can't see that Al Gore's camouflage and subterfuge is exactly what Rick Perry is doing today. He HAS to pass himself off as a conservative, at least until November 2012.

[sam_paine]

Well, there you go again.

Rubio is waiting. Ryan is out. Palin is.....?

I’ve got a shovel....let’s go dig up and reanimate Ronaldus Magnus!

Seriously, let’s reconvene this discussion when Palin eventually endorses someone, or runs. I don’t see her urging people to stay home and teach the GOP a lesson.

[xzins]

I’ve gotta disagree with you on Perry, Tarheel.

Time will tell, of course, but I’ve seen nothing yet that says his pro-life, pro-God, pro-Gun, etc. positions are anything but real.

And the few strikes he’s made: Gardasil, texas highway, and support for an illegal immigrant fence all are explainable.

Nothing says “covert keynesian”, “marxist”, or “abortionist” to me.

[South40]

The sad irony, however, is that you can't see that Al Gore's camouflage and subterfuge is exactly what Rick Perry is doing today. He HAS to pass himself off as a conservative, at least until November 2012.

With some, that may not necessarily be true. With the abundance of information on Perry's record that proves he is a Chameleon and is not to be trusted, they see it -- it's been posted all over these pages -- they just don't care.

[Liz]

N-i-c-e take———Perry’s MO is looking more and more like the Loser MO Giuliani used. It’s all about saying one thing and doing another.

Gulie kept “saying” he would not enter early primaries and caucuses (where those dreaded conservatives lurked). But he entered and lost all of them.

Gulie said he was “saving himself” for Fla where all the new york snowbirds spend the winter.....registered to vote in two locations.

Giulie campaigned 63 days stright in fla and came in a distant third. He spent about $60 million and got zero delegates.

Perry did not enter Iowa——but manipulated the vote from afar-—that was supposed to put him over the top. Instead he got 700-800 votes....while Iowa winners who did the right thung-—spending time and money there-—— got 4000 votes each.

[wmfights]

The sad irony, however, is that you can't see that Al Gore's camouflage and subterfuge is exactly what Rick Perry is doing today.

I don't believe this to be true, but assuming that he is not as conservative as we would all like you're making an assumption that the Pubs will automatically fall into line with everything he wants. The Tea Party and Jim Demint in the Senate have changed the dynamic. At the very least this new conservative force will keep a Pub POTUS to the right.