Tony Perkins: Only Maness can defeat Landrieu

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Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said Tea Party-backed Louisiana Senate candidate Rob Maness is the only candidate in the race who can defeat Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

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“There’s a reason for that. It goes back to that enthusiasm deficit,” he said. “He’s a moderate candidate who stays away from many issues, and he’s just not exciting conservatives.”

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Though Perkins will be stumping for Maness, he said he doesn’t have plans for a bigger run of his own in the future. Asked whether he’s interested in running for president in 2016, the social conservative leader scoffed.

“I’ve been around too many presidential campaigns. I know too much. That’s for people who don’t know what they’re doing,” he said.

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