That's you...and Windflier.
Any others?
And ***WHY***???
“A Texan supporting Palin over Perry?”
Yes. Me too.
I like Perry, but I like Sarah a lot and have been watching her for a long time.
Sarah will get our drilling going again, I guaran-damn-tee you.
I would think that would be common, more likely than a (conservative) non-Texan being opposed. The reason is simple, "familiarity breeds contempt."
>> “A Texan supporting Palin over Perry?” <<
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Really, there are far more Texans supporting Palin.
Just a small handful of Perry supporters, but they are intense (and dense).
We are legion!
...well, ok, there are many of us. A huge bus was rented from DFW to Iowa for Sarah’s big speech. Mark America is from Texas, and there are many more on FR alone.
First, some background, I volunteered for Rick Perry during his first statewide election in 1990. I pushed voter information cards in Beaumont and Houston.
Second, my personal take is Perry has been an above average governor (just like 24 other sitting governors). He’s OK
He is not a conservative. Sure, many of his positions - eventually - are conservative, and I attribute that to knowing his base. He’s not Mitt Romney, he’s no flip-flopper, but there are several issues where his knee-jerk reaction is another big government program or mandate. Then, when his base pitches a fit, he finds out what conservatives think, and that’s his new position. Once there, he won’t budge.
He’s not a movement conservative and he doesn’t really get or subscribe to the conservative philosophy - at least it doesn’t guide him. He’s smart though, and he knows conservatives are the ones that brought him, so he doesn’t cross them.
One of the best examples was when a bill in the Texas legislature was proposed to re-assert Texas’ rights under the 10th amendment. Perry spoke at the media conference and could not explain the purpose of the bill, why it was important, or what the significance of the law was to liberty and federalism. When his floundering was painfully obvious, he passed the mic to the bill’s author.
His record is one of maintaining the status quo. During his tenure, the number of state employees grew by 15%. That’s actually pretty good when you consider the population growth (20% over same time period), but there were no cuts. He’s never eliminated a program, agency, or government jobs.
If you’re fine with Obamacare and the status quo in DC of trillion dollar deficits, Perry is good. He’ll probably even scale back the growth to the rate during the Bush years.
On the other hand, if you want the size of the Federal government to be reduced - actual real cuts, not just cuts in growth - you need a reformer who has a history of reducing the size of government in real life.
There are only two governors (running/likely to run) who ever reduced government, Gary Johnson and Sarah Palin.
Gary Johnson’s foreign policy and some other issues (right to life, etc.) are non-starters for me.