GOP Still Has No Chance - John Batchelor

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/15/iowa-straw-poll-republican-field-faces-tough-test-in-rust-belt.html

So far, the GOP is not constructing a candidate who can prosper in the states in which the 2012 election will turn. And the two major candidates, Romney and Perry, fail to deliver outside their own narrow, predictable records. Romney’s governorship in deeply blue Massachusetts is a waste and provides no momentum in the heartland, especially given his role in leveraged buyouts that helped transfer America’s manufacturing jobs to Asia. Perry’s governorship in red Texas is equally a waste, as the GOP hardly needs a hog-calling country parson lite from West Texas to carry the Old South. How does Perry go North with the shopworn baggage of Johnny Reb superiority and an unapologetic evangelical paternalism?

It's telling that immediately after the arrival of one of the "saviors", there is already talk of Christie or Rubio entering the race. Perry, unlike Bachmann, is not gaffe-proof, and will shower confusing and divisive comments along the campaign trail. This is one cadidate where there is no confusion about whether he can also be the president of people who are from states who did not vote from them. How could he? Afterall, they aren't real Americans anyway.