Rush: Perry the only conservative threat to Romney

Published October 11, 2011 4:00am ET



On his radio program this afternoon, Rush Limbaugh said that Christie’s endorsment of Romney is proof that the GOP establishment is “desperate” for Romney to be the Republican nominee.

“They’re doing everything they can to make sure — you know, Bachmann, Santorum, they’re not in the top tier now, but they want to make sure they stay there.” Limbaugh said,  “Perry is the only genuine conservative threat to Romney, and this is an effort to take him out.”

Limbaugh added that “the thinking” on Herman Cain is that he does not have enough organization or money to compete with Romney.

“They don’t even want to go through the primary process. They want to force people out.” Limbaugh concluded, “They want Bachmann to quit. They want Santorum to quit. They want Cain to get outta here.  Well, he’s not going to for a while.  They want Perry to finally throw in the towel.  They want everybody to realize they don’t have a prayer.  It’s Romney.”