I think a States rights platform by Perry, extolling the virtues of local control over massive Obama control from thousands of miles away will resonate.
By the way, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota will all be in play. The Northeast and California are generally lost causes anyway, plus if you look at the governors of those states you see they already know Perry, have a working relationship with him and will campaign for him. I could even see Chris Christie campaign for him in New Jersey. Throw Marco Rubio on the ticket and you take Florida and probably New Mexico and Colorado again.
by “those states” I mean Ohio,Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, not the Northeastern liberal states.