As Rockefeller Republican as he is, I wouldn't particularly care to see him in the Statehouse, when we're going to have to fight for DOMA and border issues, or even for an amendment on SSM, but at least it's not like most big-state governorships. He'd blend in better in the Senate, where he'd probably fit right in with Bill Frist, Chuck Grassley and those guys as an ACU-65/70 mild conservative. He'd be an instant player -- as a consular, he would never be a "freshman" senator, ignored and disregarded -- so we wouldn't have to give up so much vig if, pardon the expression, Kay bailed. Plus, I like the idea of someone continuing to throw a shadow over John Cornyn, who smells to me like a throwback to the kind of senator who used to be in bankers' or oilmen's pockets.
Plus, we haven't had an ex-President sit in the Congress since John Quincy Adams. It might spruce the place up.
What do you think?
I don't think Perry will win again though, for several reasons, the least of which he harps on fixing the system and lowering or restraining property taxes, when taxes elsewhere will just go up (businesses, certain consumer goods and services, etc.). It's not true tax relief or budget reform if taxes drop in one area and go up in another.