Well, yeah, obviously that was going to happen. When people like Perry and Newt attack Romney from the left in the same way the occutards would, naturally prominent conservative talkers like Rush, Hannity, and even Levin are going to be forced to defend him. The entire line of attack was idiotic and has entirely backfired.
Perry, Newt and anyone going along with these stupid Bain attacks are actually helping Romney the RINO. Not only do they force conservatives to defend Mitt and highlight Romney's stint as an actual capitalist (which is about the only thing he actually does have going for him) in a GOP primary, but by getting this line of attack out early it helps inoculate Romney from this stuff later (if nothing else it gives him a chance to practice defending himself against charges of "vulture capitalism"). Perry and Newt really blew it here. They are not hurting Romney, they are helping him lock up the nomination.
No doubt about it.