“As much as I loathe the idea, everybody not named Romney is better off beating each other up for the remaining 75% of the voters.”
Well, I don’t totally agree. I think there is some value for Perry in going after Romney, cause it does a couple things:
1. It contrasts him from pretty much everyone else in the race and shows true conservatives that he recognizes the danger of nominating an ultra-liberal like Romney. This could win him some conservative cred.
2. It helps keep Romney’s support in the 25% range. Sure, those core 25% who support Romney are mostly either Mormons, RINOS, or Indies that intend to vote in our primary, but with Fox News and so much of the conservative intelligencia in the tank for Romney, it’s helpful to remind true conservative voters exactly why Romney should be a non-starter with them. This can hopefully keep Mitt’s numbers low enough that even two conservative alternatives can emerge and not have to worry about splitting the votes and allowing that RINO phony to slither in.
Having said all that, I don’t think that should be Perry (or anyone else’s) main focus. That of course should be going after Obama and contrasting his positions with Obama. I think with Perry’s flat tax & energy exploration/jobs plan and Cain’s 9/9/9 or 9/0/9 plan, there is some good substance that can be debated. If both candidates focus on the merits of these plans and how they will bring our economy back, I think the polling results will take care of themselves. But mixed in with all of this, I think there is definitely political value in going after Romney.
REALLY? HOW ABOUT THIS?
The poll numbers in Iowa and the strategic logic of the Perry campaign point inexorably to the necessity of Team Perry “going negative” on Herman Cain — and doing so PDQ, while Perry can still get the maximum advantage of his fund-raising advantage.
Link to Perry's Strike Force Plan Against Cain
The campaign for Texas Republican Rick Perry is rallying a “strike force” of volunteers to work in Iowa right before the Iowa GOP caucuses, Politico reports.
Politico’s Mike Allen this morning shared a copy of the Perry campaign email, with the subject line: “Volunteer Need for Strike Force effort”:
“We are actively recruiting volunteers for the Iowa Strike Force effort. We are looking for about 1200 volunteers to be onsite the week of December 27 – January 4 or at the very least onsite no later than January 3.
If someone is asking you how to get involved in the on the ground operations in Iowa, you can have them e-mail strikeforce@rickperry.org for more information.
Please pass along to anyone who has expressed a desire to help. Thanks so much!”
The reality is I don’t think Perry has any intention of going after anyone except Romney. That is where his energy is and has been directed."
REALLY? HOW ABOUT THIS?
The poll numbers in Iowa and the strategic logic of the Perry campaign point inexorably to the necessity of Team Perry “going negative” on Herman Cain — and doing so PDQ, while Perry can still get the maximum advantage of his fund-raising advantage.
Link to Perry's Strike Force Plan Against Cain
The campaign for Texas Republican Rick Perry is rallying a “strike force” of volunteers to work in Iowa right before the Iowa GOP caucuses, Politico reports.
Politico’s Mike Allen this morning shared a copy of the Perry campaign email, with the subject line: “Volunteer Need for Strike Force effort”:
“We are actively recruiting volunteers for the Iowa Strike Force effort. We are looking for about 1200 volunteers to be onsite the week of December 27 – January 4 or at the very least onsite no later than January 3.
If someone is asking you how to get involved in the on the ground operations in Iowa, you can have them e-mail strikeforce@rickperry.org for more information.
Please pass along to anyone who has expressed a desire to help. Thanks so much!”