Of course he peaked, even the Perry supporters know that.
Yes, they would LOVE the rest of the US to have an economy as good as Texas (although it has started slipping), but Perry had next to nothing to do with it (other than being in the right place at the right time and pretty much keeping hands off (which I still give him some credit for...but that approach sure as heck will not help the rest of the country - we need to reverse things).
...and is his bizarre (and grandiose) idea of having private companies build and essentially own a network of monopoly-protected toll roads (and expensive at that...starting at 30 cents per mile, easily), coupled with the possible conversion of freeways to toll roads (it wasn’t clear if they would be private or public) bordered on insanity, as it pretty much would have locked down about 80% of people in their own communities. It was (and still is) and absolute dream to liberals that “want to get people off the road” - Perry was a gift from heaven for them.
So as people get up to speed on him, they realize, just like Huckabee, that he is FAR, FAR from being their dream candidate. Yes, Texas may be their dream state, but Perry is far from being their dream candidate.
(and believe me, I could name another dozen issues, starting with immigration, that he has been terrible on)
Ho Hummm, another liberal trashing Perry as usual. Same old same old talking points. Liberals are terrified of Perry because he can beat no talent no resume Obama.