I know one knock on Perry is that he was soft on amnesty earlier. He changed his position and got a lot tougher. I’m a lot less suspect of this change than old Flip Flop Romney’s flip flops. Perry acknolwedged that he changed and is backing up his words with action. I’m getting dangerously close to supporting Perry if he jumps in but I’m still on the fence until I hear more about him.
Very well said, this Texan (OK, I’m a transplant, but I FEEl Texan, and I’m no “make Texas like where I left” leftidiot) agrees 100%!
“Perry acknolwedged that he changed and is backing up his words with action. I’m getting dangerously close to supporting Perry if he jumps in but I’m still on the fence until I hear more about him.”
I agree. I believe Gov. Perry should be given a shot. Yes, he’s got his flaws, but he’s a TRILLION times better than what we’ve currently got occupying the White House.
He has nearly 12 years of executive branch experience (approximately 2 years as Lt. Governor and 10 years as Governor), which is triple what Obama will have at the end of his first term.
People are looking for someone with executive branch experience and also with a record of “creating jobs.” We need to remember that JOBS is a huge issue on peoples’ minds right now. It must be acknowledged that Gov. Perry has fought hard to bring hundreds of thousands of jobs to Texas and that alone is an extremely strong record upon which to run for President.
And don’t get me wrong; I love Sarah Palin, but the Democrats will not be able to use the “they quit” argument against Perry.
Perry is also good with the media-—he pretty much ignores them and keeps them guessing!
Perry is one who I would previously have never considered supporting for a presidential run, but I would definitely support him, should he decide to do so, and no other awesome candidates are running.