“It’s possible the old Perry staff members were giving him bad advice and implementing a strategy that didn’t show national voters the real Rick Perry.”
If that is the case, Rick Perry is not fit to be president, as a president should be able to plan his own strategies and quickly determine what advice is counter productive.
If you live in Texas, you undoubtedly realize that we have a legislature, courts, a Lt. Governor with more power in many ways than the Governor, and mandates from the federal government. There are many things I would like changed in Texas, but I also realize that Perry can’t do much without the cooperation of people who don’t “report” to him - Joe Straus (Rino extraordinaire), for example.
I could be reasonably happy with anyone but Mittens or Huntsman. Does it really make sense to villify other candidates because they are considered insufficiently “perfect”, often for reasons that are shallow or bogus - but sometimes merited.
I started out Liking Bachmann, but I think she is finished. I would have suppoorted Palin, but she isn’t running. I’d be very happy with Cain, but he may lack the political discipline to go the distance (I hope he figures out that he has to think harder about how and what he says). If Cain fades (and I hope he doesn’t), Perry would be a far better President than Obamalini or Mittens, and probably a better President than Governor, in part because of his views on federalism.
People on FR ought to save the vitriol for Obamalini and Mittens.