[WOSG]

we know a few things about Rick Perry from a Texas perspective:
- he is a real fiscal conservative, ready to veto spending
- he is pro-business and pro-growth and is right to crow about the Texas record
- he is pro-life and very good on that issue
- he pro-gun and pro-property rights, and if you werent, you’d lose your GOP badge in Texas
- he is so-so on immigration/borders, talks tough and does some good things, but also put in instate tuition for illegal aliens; but so-so from a conservative perspective must be viewed in the prism of the Texas leaders hispandering in a state where the majority of babies born are now hispanic
- he has had some issues where the hint of lobbyist influence has intruded; nothing as bad as the Chicago gang, but the libs will play it up
- he’s a real pro; 20+ years in politics and never lost a race
- “unrepentant globalist shill” not really, he stands up for Texas, and with our AG fought against eg the ICC butting in on our death penalty conviction of a mexican citizen - if he is, then they all are
- “only talks a conservative game” - Nope. He does do the pandering to conservatives, which is a nice change. But he also delivers. in 2003, Tort reform. in 2003 and 2011, balanced a tough budget with no new taxes. This year, he put budget balancing without raiding the rainy day fund as a priority. He put voter ID bill on fast track. He egged on lege and got a solid budget and some conservative items passed.

Perry can win because he’s a good campaigner. His main disadvantage nationally is that he is the Aggie Texas cowboy that the liberals thought Bush was. They will hate him as much as they do Palin .... to me that’s just a bonus! ;-)

On balance, we could do worse than Perry .... can we do better? Bachmann, Cain, Palin ... hmmm, there’s one thing they, and Romney and Huntsman and Pawlenty, lack - 11 years of being Governor of the second largest state.

They will not be able to play the ‘stupid, crank, flake, inexperienced’ cards on Perry, which unfortunately they can and will play on the other conservative movement candidates. Oh they will try anyway, but it will fall flat.

[FreeReign]

- he is so-so on immigration/borders, talks tough and does some good things, but also put in instate tuition for illegal aliens; but so-so from a conservative perspective must be viewed in the prism of the Texas leaders hispandering in a state where the majority of babies born are now hispanic

Will he or won't he give us amnesty?

Anybody??

[MattinNJ]

Thanks for the summary. Seems everyone wants perfect. Not me. Reagan ain't coming. I think Perry/Palin would crush Obama/Biden and have huge coattails for the Senate. I hope Perry jumps in soon.

If not Bachmann is OK. If she played any attack against her as mysogynistic, the media may ease up a bit.

IMHO

[Carry_Okie]

- “unrepentant globalist shill” not really, he stands up for Texas,

While violating the Logan Act making deals at a Bilderberg conference in Turkey? Sic,

"Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both."

Yeah, right, he didn't give a crap about the law when came his big chance to kiss ass to globalist power freaks, the very banksters we're bailing out for their criminal racketeering with our kids' inheritances.

Meanwhile, back home, you WAY understate his past support blanket amnesty. That's a deal breaker, but it's more symptom than cause. The "cause" is that he'll do what it takes to wield power, whether paying off big donors with unconstitutional regulations or travesties such as amnesty, Rick Perry is for Rick Perry, first, last, and always, "Texas" was all talk, a means to an end, just like his loose babble about secession. The man is a user. The answer is "No."