Here. Try this and get the straight scoop. You make it sound like perry was pure as the driven snow here. But here is the full picture. The politico piece doesn’t nearly tell the story...and they spelled vicious wrong to boot.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2011/10/fight_club_intraparty_punches.php
Romney and Perry, of course, have generally been the principle fighters in the most high profile debate battles to date, with Perry hurling 12 verbal punches at Romney since the California debate and Romney dealing 13 of his own against Perry.
The two candidates have each made only two critical remarks against the other six candidates combined throughout the four debates.
It was Perry, however, who started the war when he delivered the first attack of the evening during the California debate at the Ronald Reagan Library, directing the following critique at Romney:
“When he moved that experience to government, he had one of the lowest job creation rates in the country. So the fact is, while he had a good private sector record, his public sector record did not match that. As a matter of fact, we created more jobs in the last three months in Texas than he created in four years in Massachusetts.” Perry, who saw Romney as his main competitor, and Huntsman, who has been trying to tap into Romney’s support in New Hampshire, are responsible for more than three-quarters of the attacks against the former Massachusetts governor.
Perry has his fingerprints on 41 percent of the 29 attacks against Romney, with Huntsman close behind at 34 percent (with 10).
Santorum, Gingrich, and Cain have each criticized Romney two times and Bachmann just once. Congressman Paul has not gone after the former Massachusetts governor in these last four debates.
Romney’s 13 barbs against the Texas governor account for 33 percent of the anti-Perry comments, with every candidate **except Herman Cain** taking credit for at least one attack: Santorum with eight, Bachmann and Huntsman with seven each, Paul with three, and Gingrich with one.
Worth repeating: **except Herman Cain**
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Perry had better man up. This victim card being played by him and his wife is most unattractive.
I think that is why Cain is rising and Newt, too.
It's about darned time someone went after Romney after all the sucking up done by Cain and Bachmann.
For some reason, they are giving Romney a free pass. I wonder why.
So, in essence, the only one of our candidates running that sees that Romney is not a conservative is Perry.
After all, he’s really the only one attacking Romney on his record.
All the other candidates, excepting Huntsman, do not attack. And that says *VOLUMES* as to what they think of Romney.