My problem with Perry/Bachmann is that neither brings anything to the table electoral college wise. Texas is voting R, and MN might but don’t change a thing.
I like Perry simply for the fact that he is amongst the present candidates, the most ‘nationally electable’. He speaks well, has an executive track record. Is he the most desirable ‘conservative’?...probably not, but being pragmatic, you just have to look at someone’s electability AND he is a damn sight better than Romney...if the best conservative ain’t ‘electable’, they don’t serve a purpose.
I like Rubio since he’ll deliver FL AND he’s fantastic anyway...but I’m intrigued by a ticket of Perry and say Christie, or Daniels or even dare I say Kasich or McDonnell...someone is going to need to bring some electoral votes to the table...from FL, OH, VA, NJ. Heck, I’d love Santorum as VP if I thought he could deliver PA, but that’s iffy.
Ahhh...I’m just trying to say that we need to think strategically this time.
Please check out the electoral results in the upper Midwest last November when Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin became red states at the state level.
Like redder than Texas if you crunch the numbers, bulletproof. Governors, state legislators, state senates.
And the courts too.
Forget IL though, that Hussein campground has no hope compared to the region.
The Kenyan has no chance and it doesn’t matter who the GOP nominee is.
There’s no real evidence that anyone but a certain type of Republican might like Perry. His resume is full of terrible, and he’s not exactly extremely popular even in Texas.