Which “her”?
Palin. Perry managed to pull slightly over 39% of the vote the last time he ran. He's managed to offend the rural conservatives with his land grab plan for the benefit of foreign corporations and New York moneymen, and he offended the social conservatives by his plan for forced inoculation of all teenage girls at the behest of a lobbyist buddy.
And some conservatives think that Kay Bailey can do less harm in Austin than she can in DC.