Here's a problem I have with a certifiable partisan RINO ~ on his way up as a Democrat there were Republicans on our side who had to lose for him to get elected.
Frequently a single loss will pitch a perfectly sensible Conservative off into different career pursuits. Perry's wins ruined the political opportunities of Conservative Republicans.
Now he comes over to our side when he senses that maybe we'll let him run as a Republican, and somebody does that, and he wins.
A dozen guys working their way up the ranks in the Republican party suddenly found their avenue to higher office BLOCKED by a Democrat, and this time one running under our label.
Add to that the fact that Perry fostered other Democrats along the way, and didn't foster Republicans, and you have some real good reasons to tell him to feel lucky we let him get this far.
RINOs must be stopped. We don't need them anymore. Perry is at a stage of life where we would be better of having him run in Democrat primaries against Obama ~ thereby saving us a fortune in later campaigns against that guy.