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I'm not missing your point. Perry had his hands tied when it comes to much of the Texas economy . If people want to give him credit for the economy, then they might as well give the Democrats credit for much of the Texas economy since they were in the Governor's seat for well over 80 years of the 20th Century when our current economy was being built. It's foolish to assign such credit either way.

On the other hand, Perry exercised the power and influence that he did have, whether it was forced vaccines for 12 year old girls for sexually transmitted diseases, or the corridor nonsense, or campaigning for Rudy Giuilani or pushing back against Arizona-style immigration legislation, or failing to support hot-button issues in the legislature that were dear to us Conservatives.

If he truly had no power or influence, we wouldn't be angry over the attempt at forced vaccines on 12 year old girls, or the corridor stuff, and so on. We wouldn't be pissed that he instantly gave Giuliani's campaign in 2008 a lot more credibility by being the first sitting Governor to endorse a Republican candidate.