The issue is whether or not Perry has the capacity to think of America, or is he stuck thinking only of Texas with no capacity to grow.
His answer on in-state tuition is so terribly parochial and unfocused I'd have to say he could no more be counted on to represent American interests than is Obama.
So to answer a question about local policy in local terms indicates an inability to address questions of national policy in national terms? That’s among the most ridiculous, feeble attempts at an argument I’ve ever heard.