Rick Perry, It's 3am and the Phone is Ringing

The GOP presidential field is in a shambles with no solid frontrunner, and the GOP base is longing for somebody that's not Mitt Romney.  Maybe this is the guy:

Two separate and reliable sources in Texas tell me serious preparations are being made for Governor Rick Perry, 61, to seek the Republican nomination for president.

Dave Carney and Rob Johnson — the former top Perry aides who on Thursday left Newt Gingrich’s floundering campaign — are said to be heading to Texas soon to join in on preparations for the run. I am told this is now “ninety percent likely to occur.” Additionally, Perry allies have begun holding meetings in the state and have been instructed to quietly reach out to contacts in early primary states.

The stars may have finally aligned for Perry, who, until recently, said he had no intentions of seeking the nomination. With no clear front runner emerging, and with Gingrich’s campaign dissolving, Perry could enter the field as a top-tier candidate, surrounded by the same team that helped him defeat Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison last year in the Texas gubernatorial primary. And because Texas leads the nation in job creation, the recent national economic numbers provide an instant rationale for his candidacy.

It's 1999 all over again, but this time the Texas governor would be going up against a sitting, though incompetent, president. If Perry gets in I don't see how he doesn't almost immediately become the frontrunner. I think his candidacy would also end any thoughts by Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin to enter the race.

And if Mitt was smart he'd cut his losses and get out. Wouldn't it be nice to have a unified GOP to go up against Obama instead of one fractured into a bunch of little factions?