Look who's back

It's going to take a lot of heavy lifting on Perry's part this late in the game -- lifting that I'm not sure he's willing to give. He's starting from jump in both organization and funding.

Much of the tea party and social conservative constituencies which Perry caters to has seemingly coalesced around Bachmann at the moment. All Perry's entry into the race would do is ensure Romney wins the nomination by dividing those groups. And there's also still a lot of Texas fatigue in the electorate.

Perry's better off sitting tight and waiting for a VP call. A Romney-Perry ticket is probably the best the GOP could hope for.

 

That's probably the strongest ticket the GOP could hope for in a general election, but I wonder if Perry would agree to it.

 

Perry does not strike me as type willing to take a back seat to Romney.