Regardless of your opinion of Perry, the problem remains that the realistic fact is that the other choices are a democrat, a fairly acceptable libertarian until she self destructed by embracing the 911 truther cult, and Kay Bailey Hutchinson, an absolute statist RINO committed to big government [federal] solutions.
Also, Perry has - like it or not - been governor, along with and succeeding GWB, during the period in which Texas has become first in the nation in traditional american business and citizen freedom.
Consider the prospect of a national California or Illinois and then look at Texas.
Also, Perry now is much better than Perry in the past. It is a bit easier to accept past sins repented than future sins intended.
Uh huh... No thanks to the "businessmen/women" themselves right? And why do you ignore that facts that Texas has also become first in the country with it's illegal alien population. Houston is a sanctuary city and their are more cops and other bureaucrats in Texas than any other state in the Union barring California and New York. Houston alone has EIGHTY FIVE (85) different police forces in the metropolitan area. Perry is turning Texas into a police state and not doing a thing to stop it all the while he and his cronies in Austin are allowing the Mexicans to invade unimpeded and in many cases with State assistance.
Texas is number one in business in the country because most Texans are hard workers. Not because some governor did anything special. However, if you want to change that feel free to put perry or hutchinson in for another term and watch as they fall into lockstep with the obama administration.