I learned everything I need to know about Texas politics from a couple of Bushes.
Many American/conservative/Republicans share that same view. With Perry's pro-ILLEGAL alien record he is not a serious contender.
There is, however, a small but vocal contingent of Perry supporters that ignore that reality. They even ignore the fact that Perry is polling at 3% and continue to tell us how wonderfully his campaign is going despite mountains of evidence to prove otherwise. They may be paid, maybe not, but their numbers are small as is Perry's support nationally.
Just how similar is Perry to Bush? You decide.