I don’t think you can go around calling anyone who has ever done anything you disagree with a Rino. I don’t believe either one of the guys is a Rino and remember, even Reagan was once a Democrat. People do change and evolve their views. I do think, however, that we’ve already had a simplistic president from Texas and the country is not ready for another.
The TP does not agree with Perry on the big-government, nanny-state Gardasil debacle.
The TP does not agree with Perry on his opposition to the border fence.
The TP does not agree with Perry on his opposition to Arizona trying to defend itself from the ILLEGAL hordes that he wants to make citizens.
The TP opposed Perry on the TTC.
The TP does not support Perry’s warped view that anyone opposing instate tuition for ILLEGAL aliens does so because of the ILLEGAL aliens’ last names.
The TP did not agree with Obama and Pelosi’s stimulus bailout plan yet Perry took stimulus cash anyway.
Rick Perry is a big government, progressive neocon candidate much the same as Mitt Romney. He is a RINO and a fraud and he is anything but in line with the TP's core principles.