by Patrick Appel
A pro-Bachmann Super PAC is gunning for Rick Perry. Ben Smith dubs it the first attack ad:
Unlike other pundits, Tim Robinson isn't ready to anoint Perry the likely winner. Joe Klein gives Romney free advice:
[Romney's] real test is going to come on the role of the federal government in American life. John Kerry won his nomination because Dean flamed out, but Kerry remained a weak candidate because he couldn’t quite make up his mind about the most important issue in 2004–the Iraq war. Sooner or later, Romney is going to have to make clear where he stands on the role of Washington–from no-brainers like Social Security and Medicare to more difficult questions (for conservatives) like whether or not to have a Department of Education, whether to have an Environmental Protection Agency, whether to have a Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
The Dish 