But before I continue, let me just acknowledge that there are a large number of folks on here who really are worried about illegal immigration. Perry has failed to commiserate with you and hasn't provided enough empathy to you. And he has not adequately explained the fine line he has walked in Texas keeping the issue from reaching a boiling point amongst many different, divergent interests in short, snappy 30-second sound bites with CNN interrogators flogging him in front of millions of people. I feel your pain and offer empathy. Tons of it. I get it.
I have been a Web developer professionally for 15 years. Perry's web site is inferior to Romney's. I would think that it's cheaper, too. I looked at RedState.com's analysis of the Web Services line item expense on his campaign finance report and saw something like $840,000 for the web. And I thought, "My God! $840,000 for a WordPress site? I am bidding too low."
Romney is actively hiring Drupal developers (see job posting). Drupal is superior to Wordpress in enterprise scalability, but much more complex to develop on. There is more backend functionality in Drupal to do cool stuff. Whitehouse.gov is a Drupal site, as is economist.com, AlJazeera.com and etc. Drupal powred the storied Howard Dean campaign in 2004, when Dean made history by proving the Internet can be used to raise lost of cash from smaller donations.
Anyway, I expect that Romney has a leg up. I am not sure what Perry's web strategy is for the future, but right now, it _should_ be less expensive that Romney's.
My The Rick Perry Report is a Drupal site, but it's my own personal hobby project, not an official site in any way. Joe
With all the money Perry is raising, you would think he would get the best of web sites.