With Christie out (NJ downgrade), it's Perry...unles Ryan enters

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Perry is a seasoned pol....he's unlikely to implode during one the debates.  So, unless Paul Ryan (or another big hitter) enters the race, looks like Perry is the GOP nominee.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

No, not at all. It looks like Romney is going to be the nominee. Perry has to much baggage, and will split the vote with Bachmann.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

No, not at all. It looks like Romney is going to be the nominee. Perry has to much baggage, and will split the vote with Bachmann.

I'm not sure Bachmann would attack Perry...most likely, Perry and Bachmann would both attack Romney as a clone of Obama (RomneyCare/ObamaCare).  Once Romney is out of the way, then Perry and Bachmann would duke it out *IF* they are close to each other in the polls...otherwise, Bachmann would position herself as a possible VP choice of Perry's.

But, Romney has no path to the nomination....never has.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Romney has answered the Romneycare thing a million times. It's not the issue it's made out to be.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Romney has answered the Romneycare thing a million times. It's not the issue it's made out to be.

it will be for the GOP primary voters once the anti-Romney is clearly known

[cavalcade]

I think we will have to see who Bachmann's new primary target (sorry for the pun) is now that Pawlenty is out of the race, and how effective those attacks are.  Romney is obviously vulnerable on health mandates and probably global warming, but she didn't torch him at the Ames debate when she was handed a chance to go after Romneycare- just politely expressed disagreement with Romney's view on the 10th Amendment and most people probably don't even remember it.  Perry's a clearer obstacle to winning the nomination for her, and he also has a few points where she could hammer him.

Incidentally, how does Bachmann feel about free trade, and NAFTA specifically?


I have been reading those histories of elections Perry has won, and the guy does seem pretty hard to beat.  And while I still consider Romney the frontrunner for now, ever since reading Game Change he has reminded me of Clinton in 2008- the party establishment is wary of speaking out against him publicly but desperately wants somebody else to vote for.

[Eraserhead]

Well, I do think that there is about a 90% chance that the nominee that will be Perry or Romney.

[Simfan34]

I can say with confidence that I have no idea how this will end up.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Incidentally, how does Bachmann feel about free trade, and NAFTA specifically?

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