But it's silly to ignore Sarah Palin's own words about a Perry Presidency, and pretend it's all about her endorsement of him for Governor.
I take Sarah Palin at her word when she says of Governor Perry "I think he would be a fine candidate,” “We have a lot in common. I really like him.”
Note that you can really like someone and not want them as your President. And you can think someone is a fine candidate, without thinking they are the best candidate.
But it would be rather unusual for someone to say of a person they had great disagreements with "We have a lot in common".
"There are a lot of reasons I support Linc. We agree on most issues"
-- Fred Thompson on ultra-RINO Linc Chafee (who had a voting record to the left of many Democrats), endorsing him for the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, April 2006