[normy]

Or Sarah Palin or Scott Walker. Governors deal with Washington power grabs all the time.

Just being a Governor doesn't make you an outsider obviously it just gives you the perspective from the outside.

[9YearLurker]

Palin obviously truly is an outsider, while Goodhair’s an insider. Can you not see that?

And the perspective of an outsider comes far more to someone who hasn’t been a career pol—which of course Perry has been.