Rick Santorum -- He is No Gary Johnson

But he is a Thad McCotter.

CNN Poll
Rick Perry: 32
Mitt Romney: 18
Michele Bachmann: 12
Newt Gingrich: 7
Ron Paul: 6
Herman Cain: 3
Gary Johnson: 2
Jon Huntsman: 1
Rick Santorum: 1
Thad McCotter: 1

I am not making that up -- there is a guy named Thad McCotter running for President!

Most GOP voters appear to now understand that Herman Cain is black, so that drops him down to 3%. We can pretty much assume that the last 5 will go away soon, so their 8% is up for grabs. If Paul or Gingrich can grab that disaffected 8%, maybe they force a 4-way race?

Rick Perry -- a President who believes in secession! Could make it hard for him to take the Oath of Office.

Someone ought to tell Rick that the Articles of Confederation were actually called "The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union." They had a specific statement that the Union of the states was, in fact, perpetual.

The United States Supreme Court ruled on the issue in the 1869 Texas v. White case.[6] In that case, the court ruled that the drafters intended the perpetuity of the Union to survive:

“By [the Articles of Confederation], the Union was solemnly declared to "be perpetual." And when these Articles were found to be inadequate to the exigencies of the country, the Constitution was ordained "to form a more perfect Union." It is difficult to convey the idea of indissoluble unity more clearly than by these words. What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?"