Ron Paul is a fluke and he obviously is not going to get the nomination; in fact, I expect him to drop out pretty soon. He shouldn’t even have been permitted to run in GOP primaries because he would probably not subscribe to a single item on the platform.
That said, Perry has such a tiny percentage of the vote that I really don’t see that he matters that much. I don’t see why he’s staying in, but on the other hand, I don’t see that it matters much if he drops out.
To me, Santorum - who has no future nationally and won only because Romney released ugly, nearly libellous ads against Gingrich just before the caucus date - is the one who should decide that he needs to spend more time with his family.
And people honestly think Perry supporters would go to Gingrich or Santorum in the primaries. Santorum is a fiscal moderate and Gingrich is whatever he has the urge to be this week. Perry and his supporters have been bad-mouthed so much by “conservatives” most of the ones I’ve talked to will skip the primaries and just vote in the general.
Perry’s percentage being what it is, he’s not going to leave the hero. He can’t control where his supporters go. Some would go to Newt, and others would go to Santorum. He’d be closer to leaving a zero.
This race needs to be between Newt and Santorum. Romney is the guy who needs to drop out.
I don’t know what this primary election voter is smoking, but I’m thinking Romney must be handing out an awful lot of chips. He sure isn’t winning on his smaller government Conservatism principles.