I agree with most of what you say, but Herman Cain is also opposed to abortion even in cases of rape and incest.
It's also worth noting that Perry has supported 2 strongly pro-abortion liberal candidates for President: Al Gore and Rudy Giuliani.
Bachmann may have taken a somewhat similar "states-rights" position on gay marriage, but she never said what Perry did, which is that it was "just fine with me" that "our friends in NY" enacted gay marriage.
Well, I’ll add Cain to my list...I like Cain - I have heard him on the radio a lot.
…..“Gore won a seat in Congress in 1976 "with 32 percent of the vote, three percentage points more than his nearest rival." He won the next three elections in 1978, 1980, and 1982 where "he was unopposed twice and won 79 percent of the vote the other time." In 1984, Gore successfully ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate, which had been vacated by Republican Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. He was "unopposed in the Democratic Senatorial primary and won the general election going away," despite the fact that Republican President Ronald Reagan swept Tennessee in his reelection campaign the same year.
......."During his time in Congress, [Al] Gore was considered a "moderate" (he referred to himself as a "raging moderate") opposing federal funding of abortion, voting in favor of a bill which supported a moment in silence in schools, and voting against a ban on interstate sales of guns. His position as a moderate (and on policies related to that label) shifted later in life after he became Vice President and ran for president in 2000…”…… Source
Gore his wife led the charge on putting warning labels on records back in the 1980s. In fact, Gore had an 84% pro-life record back in the 1980s: http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Al_Gore According to ontheissues.org -- Gore had an 84% anti-abortion voting record and voted pro-life 27 times. Evolving Gore
Rick Perry supported Rudy Giuliani on his strong national security bona fides. And re Rudy's view on social issues he believes the GOP would do better to stay out of peoples' bedrooms -- He tends to be a states' rights politician -- like it or not, there it is.
It's worth noting Ronald Reagan voted for FDR, too.
Gore was the conservative Democratic option at the time and Perry was a conservative Democrat.
People in change in 23 years.