Rick Perry is not a Bush. GW Bush was and is the aristocrat son of an aristocrat East Coast Brahmin father. GW Bush thought it was beneath him to respond in kind to his detractors and was beneath the (office of the) Presidency. Rick Perry carries none of this rich boy baggage. He will not be sitting back and taking it when he is elected President
I liked GW Bush in many ways, I'm just explaining why he didn't punch back or have his surrogates punching back.
I hope you’re right. There are still plenty of debates to watch him in action.