As I’ve already stated, and as can be witnessed by reading various threads on FR, our body politic is extremely fractured. Even here on FR, a very conservative site, there is NO consensus at this time on who the best GOP candidate is. That, despite the fact the primary elections begin in approximately 7 weeks. I as yet see NO candidate that motivates me to vote for them today, including Perry. The best I can say right now is who I WILL NOT vote for.
Perry hasn’t gone out of his way to offend various demographics like several of the others have. Get off of FR and the few blogs and see that he’s able to relate a broader base of people. He has been around the block a few times in the election process. His jobs and energy plan is realistic and doable immediately for the most part. Getting people back to work and putting some stability in regards to regulations will fire up the economy. That is going to be the top issue for most voters.