Most of us well recall the friendship between Sarah Palin and Rick Perry at the RGA and other venues. I just have a hard time escalating that to Palin's support of Perry for POTUS.
And, as I said, I still detect an undercurrent of anti-Texas bias across much of the land. (That was even clear during the World Series; so much hatred for the Rangers was demonstrated just because of where they're from).
We'll see if I'm the one ultimately eating crow on this.
(Courtesy ping to windflier to get his take since he's a goto guy for Texas political discussions).
Most of us well recall the friendship between Sarah Palin and Rick Perry at the RGA and other venues. I just have a hard time escalating that to Palin's support of Perry for POTUS. Same here. Sarah came out in support of Rick Perry when he was facing off against the (Bush supported) RINO, Kaye Bailey Hutchison in the gubernatorial primary.
I think Sarah well understood that we couldn't lose the governorship of a key Republican stronghold like Texas to such a weak-kneed Democrat appeaser like KBH. Lord knows we all would have liked to have had a more reliable conservative on the ballot, but we had to work with the hand we were dealt, and Perry was the best of a bad lot.
As you said, much of the public across the nation still harbors a bit of distaste or disdain for Texas, which in my mind is simply a hangover from the Bush years.
For that one simple reason, I think it would be foolish for Perry to throw his hat in the ring so soon after Bush's departure. He will not beat the Democrat challenger in a presidential general.
Hey, thanks for the nice compliment. Much appreciated.