Rick Perry climbing aboard the Cruz bandwagon, probably hoping for a nice senior position in either a Cruz or Trump/Cruz administration, whichever the case may be.
If you remember when Perry dropped out of the race, Cruz was extremely gracious to him. This may be Perry returning the favor, also they are both Texans.
Ambassador to Botswana is available.
And...he’d be damned good in Cruz’s cabinet. A terrible campaigner, but a solid man.
Bingo! If you remember, Perry absolutely scorched Trump, and in doing so, he deep fried his own run for president. Cruz’s positions are not so far away from Trump’s the Perry should feel about the same for him as he does Trump. But you are right, there is the Texas connection which means Perry might be thinking of snagging a high level position if he plays his cards right. And Perry does have some bragging rights over his handling of the Texas economy for ten years.
He’s interested in three positions, but he can only remember two of them. :)