Turn away from the TV for a moment and just listen to him talk and he sounds just like another Texan. Will that hurt?
I thought he even had a lot of George Bush mannerisms
Turn away and listen to him and he sounds just like W—and yes, that will hurt.
Yes, it will hurt some. Just because it may remind people of Bush who is so disliked by most of the public that he wouldn't even help candidates in deep red districts.
Still, Perry is a much better communicator than Bush. Much better. After 4 years of the intellectual egg head Harvard types led by Hussein failing utterly in Washington, I rather suspect the public will be open to a common sense, clearly outside the beltway conservative (even if his may sound a little too much like Bush).