Rick Perry is infinitely preferable to the true big-government, nanny-state RINO, Mitt Romney.
Perry’s no Ronald Reagan, but then, neither is he a John McCain/Bob Dole/Mitt Romney guaranteed-loser.
I have checked Palin, Bachmann, and DeMint, and all three are completely acceptable in terms of being true conservatives who don’t just lean that way when expedient. I don’t consider Cain’s record sufficiently detailed for that definitive statement, but I don’t find it disqualifying either. All four have at least details that I disagree with, but I’m not going to list those details because I don’t want to provide ammunition for the Romney trolls who will try to equate Palin’s loyalty to McCain (and similar blemishes for each) with Romney’s loyalty to a big government RomneyCare mandate.