Was Reagan in elective office?
And the point was not that he switched.
The point was that he was switched by Karl Rove.
No more Karl Rove Candidates.
You're like a dog with a bone.
>>>>......Rumors that Mr. Perry would defect to the Republican Party — and run against Jim Hightower, the populist Democratic agriculture commissioner — picked up steam by late 1989. On Sept. 29, Mr. Perry made it official at a Capitol news conference. At his side were Fred Meyer, chairman of the Texas Republican Party, and Senator Phil Gramm, a former Democrat, who was aggressively courting would-be converts.
Mr. Perry’s timing, now legendary, could not have been better. He was one of only two Republicans elected to nonjudicial statewide office in 1990. Eight years later, Republicans swept every one of them.
“Perry has been a risk taker,” said Mr. Hance, the party switcher who became the chancellor of Texas Tech University. “And if you look at Perry’s timing in every race, he’s been the golden guy.” Taking a Look at the Governor, Back When He Was a Democrat
You're unaware that Perry and the Bush/Rove crowd had falling out a long time ago?
Since Sarah Palin endorsed Perry does that mean she, too, is working with Karl Rove?
http://gop12.thehill.com/2011/07/karl-rove-thinks-perry-will-run.html
Rove informally advised Kay Bailey Hutchison in her 2010 bid against Perry.