If Perry gets the nomination, I very much hope he beats Obama. I’m sure he would put up a good political fight.
But what if somebody like Soros or whoever gets to him, behind the scenes, and offers him some sort of immense payoff to lose? Like in boxing.
How can I be assured that Governor Perry has the fire in his belly—not the fire to win but the fire to fight corruption if this scenario were to take place?
From what I’ve seen, there’s only one contender who would walk away from such an offer. And it’s not Perry.
Well, he's actually entered the race, at no small cost to his reputation and family. So that shows "fire in the belly".
If you think a politician is going to take a bribe to take a dive in an election, nothing anybody says to you is going to change your mind, especially when there is absolutely no evidence backing up your belief.
You might as well ask how anybody could be sure Sarah Palin wouldn't get in the race, win the nomination, and then decide the attacks on her family and the cost were just way too high, and resign. There is about as much evidence for that as there is for your "concern", and I would treat them with equal disdain.