My own political leanings influence how I see things but I try and get around that as best I can. If the Texas primary was today and I would probably vote for Romney if for no other reason than I think he is a better candidate in the general but that doesn't mean I think he will win the primary. I think Romney has so poisoned the well with Romenycare and his flip flopping on social issues that he will have trouble getting his numbers much higher than they are right now and Perry will be the one gaining supporters as others drop out. The republican party is in a "anyone but Obama" mode and will elect almost anyone who they think can beat Obama. If Perry can convince enough people that he can beat Obama he wins the nomination simple as that. Obama's number help that argument since it looks like the rest of the country is moving to the same mode. Lets us see how his poll numbers look after he has been campaigning for three or four months. Better yet wait until after south Carolina, we should have a good picture by then. I don't think this is Perry's race to lose but if I had to put my money on a winner I would put it on Perry before I put it on Romney. I know you don't read a lot of right wing bogs but the hate for Romney runs deep and wide. McCain overcame a similar hate but he did by running against someone who was almost as weak as himself when it comes to inspiring the base, that would be Romney in case you have forgoten. Perry will not need to bring a loose canon like Palin on the ticket to inpire his base.

And if you won't believe that a news source who had reporter on Journalist and who is regularly brought on to MSNBC doesn't lean left then how about the simple fact that unnamed sources trying to push the idea that one candidate is not viable during a heated primary should be taken with huge grain of salt. When it is the narrative the media is already trying to sale it can be pretty much ignored out of hand as political gamesmanship on someone's part.