Plus he’s for comprehensive immigration reform. That Bachmann isn’t for any kind of amnesty.
Perry signed the Dream Act, Texas style. A great article appeared in the NY Times touting it.
There seem to be 3 things that people are ticked at Perry about:
1) the super highway. I thought it was a decent idea. We need the road, we can’t afford to build it, a foreign company will do so on condition they get the tolls. So??? No one has to use it and it’s business that they get their money back.
2) the Gardisal horror. Perry got a little over-enthusiastic on that one, probably because of his wife. Maybe he ‘submits’ to her. (try that one, CNN). But it’s not as though Gardisal is a bad thing — it’s still recommended. And it’s not as though this was the first vaccine required for public school attendance.
3) The Border. This is more of a toughie to me. Perry knows where he is, at least now. Texas is rife with Mexicans; you can’t stay popular and be too negative about border stuff. Politics,you say? Well, yeah. I have a feeling he will be much more tough on border issues on a national stage and what does he have to lose. He’s already governor and he can’t be governor of Texas forever — or can he?