Newt is dangerous because he is a chameleon.
What difference does that comparison make? Perry is equally dangerous to America. At least he has a long specific track record for us to base his campaign promises and rhetoric on and his likely future performance as President, so we can see if the rhetoric matches his established record. And I agree that Newty is as or is more dangerous as well.
With Newty he reminds me of the pol who wets his finger and thrusts it up into the political winds to see what direction to take. Maybe not as bad as 'Obama Lite' Romney but cut from the same cloth, the RINO cloth that is.
Oh, and Perry is no conservative as far as I'm concerned. He bleeds blue blood just as Newty does. One difference as I see it is that Newty has a real thick RINO crust, thicker than Perry's.
I am not asking that people agree with every thought or decision he has made on immigration or illegals. As governor, he received a bill to sign or veto that gave in-state tuition to certain kids (illegal/sorta illegal/unknown if illegal)...
It was veto-proof. He had no choice but to sign it, or veto it in principle and get shot down and heckled by the hundreds, maybe thousands of people that worked to get it done.
Beyond that, is there anything in illegal immigration that you can conclusively get your hands around and tell us he's failed at? We've already concluded he cannot deport people on his own.
If anything, Perry has been MORE pro-active than any governor on border security by instituting his own team of state police with aviation assets to defend our border with Mexico. These guys are in the skies at all times, in the bushes, walking the river, patrolling everywhere, making arrests, getting shot at, turning away illegals and dope smugglers on Texas taxpayers' dime. Over and beyond what Border Patrol does.
Why the hell can't people seem to get that?