Surely not. But Jay Newton-Small does her best:
Folks are just now starting to pay attention to the race. Traditionally, voters start to tune in and pick their horses after Thanksgiving. Newt Gingrich is peaking now. If Gingrich gets knocked off, there’s time for one, maybe two more waves before the first voting begins. Perry still has a window to the nomination if he can win Iowa and ride that momentum through South Carolina and into Florida. The anti-Mitt Romney vote is still at 70%, so there is still a pretty big opportunity for an anti-Romney to solidify that vote before Romney becomes Mr. Inevitable. It’s not the wide window of opportunity he once had, but with an improved performance, Perry can squeeze himself through it. Of course, that’s a lot of ifs. And once this window closes, Perry’s transformation into a zombie candidate will be complete.
The Dish 