[truthfreedom]

That doesn’t make him the “top Republican”.

You have to be well known, and thought of by the most people as the “top Republican”.

It really comes down to how famous you are as a Republican.
None of these people are famous enough.

Democrats look for “hot”, Republicans look for “top”.

[normy]

He's been governing the most successful state in the Union, not grabbing face time on TV. He actually needs to keep the grassroots groundswell going and Republicans will draft him.

When your record does the talking there really isn't much to say. Pawlenty? Gingrich? Santorum? Where's the beef. They can talk a good game but who among the "top Republicans" has Perry's record to run on? He even crushes Palin in that department.

My thought is Perry will step in and take the whole damn thing over simply on his record and back story.