“What you said is very understandable. I was not saying that you were calling him a RINO though. I meant that in a broad sense.”
Gotcha. I am open to Perry. I hope your assessment is accurate.
He was a Conservative Democrat during his past, which is traditional for Texas politics. It was mainly after Carter that the Texas Conservative Democrats started turning towards the GOP. Reagan also played a very strong role and influenced many of them into changing parties.