Another performance like last night and this could all be a moot point. There might be some changes on the leader board coming soon.
Agreed.
Looks to me like Perry is going to fade fast. (To be honest, he also looks like his back surgery is bothering him quite a bit — maybe this is more strenuous than he anticipated, but he sure looks as though he’s in pain sometimes.)
If/when Perry fades, people will STILL be looking for an alternative to Romney. I think the pundits are wrong that Perry’s support will automatically go to Romney.
On that stage, the candidate best positioned to take on Romney — and the one with the best chance of KO’ing Romney — is Santorum.
Of course, Gingrich would be ahead of Santorum except he’s just considered to have too much baggage. Santorum has a lot of the strengths that Gingrich has without the baggage.
Can Santorum beat Obama?
IF he gets the nomination, that will say a lot about how he was able to dig deep and BRING IT during the primaries. So, bottom line: we’ll see.