[elpadre]

Perry is a good conservative, excellent leadership skills and experience, and his “oops” don’t bother me. But I am still open.

[SuzyQue]

I had pretty much ruled him out, but, given the field, he’s looking better and better. Or, at least not worse and worst.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I must go with Gov. Perry. He is the ONLY executive with an impressive record. Records are important. Past success is no guarantee of future success but it's the best predictor we have.

Perry is a veteran; he's already signed pro-life legislation; he's successfully taken in the trial lawyers and signed tort-reform legislation; now today a new report of Texas having the top five cities in the country for job growth. We must recreate the Texas success story for the rest of the country.

This from today's DM Register: "Texas cities dominated the top five, led by San Antonio. El Paso was second, Austin/Round Rock was fourth, and Killeen/Temple/Fort Hood was fifth. Fort Collins/Loveland, Colo., ranked third."

[Kenny]

If you take a piece of paper out, make headings for each candidate then the issues you care about on the side, I think you’ll find that Perry, Bachman, or Santorum are the only ones who meet conservative requirements.