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“So let’s move past that obvious point and give Obama the hardest target to hit.

Gov. Rick Perry.”

I’d love to hear how you figure that...?

Perry can’t even generate much enthusiasm among Republicans, given his showing in Iowa and recent poll numbers.

Further, there is plenty of ammo the Dems can bring to bear against Perry, #1 simply being that he’s from Texas. After the successful smearing of GWB, the Texas governorship is an anathema.

Perry might be a fine VP pick for Santorum though... ;-)

Precious. Think about this.

Newt Gingrich was a dirty word on Free Republic a year ago.

One could be banned on the ‘no profanity’ clause by speaking his name.

Then Palin decided not to run and the extremely odd cult of Cain worshippers formed, and he dropped out.

Then the Palin/Cain people flocked to Newt, most because of his debate performances and a lot because he stuck it to the press and everyone despises the press.

Then, Newt’s negatives, which were always there, were emphasized in negative ads by Romney and Newt fell dramatically.

I hope you’re not gonna try to say that Rick Santorum was everybody’s favorite before he won Iowa. He wasn’t a blip on the radar. Apparently he spent an entire year in Iowa and won some hearts there.

Now, he’s a candidate with some momentum but not much money or organization.

He’s also a candidate who has never been attacked because he was never noticed.

The attacks begin today. They will be mean and effective.

the lack of enthusiasm you perceive for Perry could switch as quickly as all the other switches have happened.

People seem to be falling for the next candidate in line that they don’t hate.

South Carolina will tell the tale but don’t count Rick Perry out.

This Won’t Play Well in South Carolina…….“Santorum went on John King USA on CNN tonight and again defended earmarks claiming “Jim DeMint did it too” without acknowledging DeMint repented and has since led the fight against earmarks. When asked about what he may or may not have said about black welfare recipients, Santorum defended himself by claiming he got earmarks for a black community in Pennsylvania.

....Santorum is also going to have trouble in South Carolina because of his voting record. He opposed National Right to Work legislation.

In the 104th Congress Sen. Santorum joined all Democrats and a minority of Republicans in voting to filibuster the bill S. 1788, the National Right to Work Act of 1995. (“On the Cloture Motion (motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider S.1788),” Senate Bill Clerk, Vote Number: 188, www.senate.gov, 7/10/1996)

During that same congressional session, Santorum also voted to retain the 1930s-era Davis-Bacon Act that forces taxpayers to pay union wages in government-funded construction and gives Big Labor an unfair advantage over non-union companies and workers (“On the Motion to Table (motion to table Kennedy Amendment No. 4031 to S.Amdt. 4000 to S.Con.Res. 57),” Senate Bill Clerk, Vote Number: 134, www.senate.gov, 5/22/1996)

Santorum supported Arlen Specter over Pat Toomey in 2004 helping Specter secure the nomination. Specter went on to cast the 60th vote for Obamacare and then lost, in 2010, to Pat Toomey. Toomey, now in the Senate, is con-sponsoring Jim DeMint’s National Right to Work legislation — the very legislation Rick Santorum filibustered.

Santorum being on the wrong side of National Right to Work and Jim DeMint will do him no favors in South Carolina.”