KBH is far more conservative than Perry and anyone who doesn't think so cannot support the claim with facts. KBH has a 90%+ lifetime conservative rating in the Senate and trailed Gramm by only a handful of points.
We tend to lose her on women in the military, where the Governor would have no say, and abortion. That said she always votes against partial birth and late term abortions, again an area that under the Texas system she would have little say about. Further given her age, I suspect she only wants one term.
Perry is a fool, though I'm tired of those who claim he can't keep his pants on since they offer nothing but rumor. He has been liberal on taxes, judges, vetoing bills that he doesn't understand and in general is a hair combing, pretty boy, RINO .... and those are his good points. The grass roots in my area are sick of him, thought the Christian Coalition is not likely to back KBH in a primary.
Actually a governor has some say on abortion. Sure, they can't sign a bill banning abortion, but there are reasonable restrictions that can be placed on abortion. For example, cutting any state funds to Planned Parenthood, changing Texas's parental notification abortion law into a parental consent law, and blocking any state plan promoting stem cell research.