Perry, Like Palin, Helps Romney. At Least Initially.  More than
a few people are a bit perplexed by a point I made in this
morning’s post. It was this one:  Third, Perry’s entry would buy
Mitt Romney time in the lead. Time is the one campaign commodity
that cannot be added to. Every day Mitt Romney leads is a day it
becomes increasingly likely Romney is the nominee. If Perry gets
in, odds increase that Romney, not Perry, is the nominee.  I
view this one as a no brainer, but some of you either disagree
or aren’t sure what I mean. Every student of Morton Blackwell
learns that political campaigns have three basic commodities:
(1) Time, (2) Talent, and (3) Treasure. Of those commodities,
talent and treasure are renewable resources to a limited extent.
Time is both definite and finite.The constant factor in the 2012
Republican Presidential race right now is that Mitt Romney has
the highest name ID of declared candidates. While you and I know
who Rick Perry is, we are not normal primary voters. Those
people are onl