To me, Perry comes across as more compromised of conservative issues.
Many of the criticism are valid, and they have nothing to do with whether he resigned from office or not. They have to do with policy and philosophy. He just doesn't impress me at the moment. Obviously not as bad as Romney, for instance, but he needs to be more than that.
IMHO, Perry will be effectively attacked along several valid lines of criticism, from both sides of the political spectrum, both in the primary or general election seasons.
I think Sarah has more integrity, passion, leadership, and philosophical purity. Therefore, I hope she runs.
I’ll put my conservative credentials against anyone on the board. Every attack on Perry I’ve seen so far has been completely rubbish. Anti-Perry people who are just flailing away. They’ve yet to get a glove on him.