I believe it’s just that he isn’t the conservative that some made him out to be and his record shows that. People were excited because he HAS done good things in Texas...A number of them and even I will admit that.
But his problematic issues on the border, guardasil and others really decked his support when hes true colors came out in the debate. The bloom was off the rose and the rose color glasses of his onetime supporters suddenly became crystal clear. Those issues, still a big problem for Texas, would be a nightmare spread across the other 49 states and people do not want GWBIII on those issues.
But his problematic issues on the border, ...
It’s the Fed’s Constitutional responsibility to protect the border, not the individual States’. Texas has spent over $400 million of taxpayers’ dollars in trying to stem the flow of illegals, drugs, human trafficing, etc. There are special teams of Texas Rangers and TX Guardsmen supporting the Border Patrol. A recent addition is a marine squad of the Texas Rangers, using gunboats on the Rio Grande.
Folks saying Perry is an open border guy are full of it, and most probably have never been anywhere near the 1250 mile border between TX and Mexico. That border is not suitable for building a tall fence, due to the river and terrain which is not as flat as it is in CA and AZ.