I won't be voting for him at any level. Perry is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned.
Perry's replacement was NOT the GOP-E favorite. Dewhurst was, but he got sent back to his ranch.
/johnny
I wish he was a non issue. But he will be there as a GOP spoiler for a decade or two and they will trot him out every time they need a ‘conservative’ to ‘prove’ their position is ‘acceptable to conservatives’ because, well, Rick Perry! he’s UBER conservative!...in the eyes of many deluded idiots.