Look, every candidate is going to get slammed. No one disputes that for an instant. But rick perry is fresh meat. No one outside of Texas really knew or cared about rick perry. it will be a new toy mouse for the msm kitty and I am just not that confident in perry’s bona fides. I think conservatives chomping at the bit for him to get in this race will be surprised and disappointed.
Besides which, he promised the people of his state that if they trusted him and reelected him, he would NOT do this.