He suffers from the same condition most all border state politicians seem to suffer from. They start pandering to Hispanics in political matters and then can never break the addiction later on, even if it means spreading their border state problems to the rest of the nation. They just can't break the pandering addiction, and we do not need another none in the White House.
I theeeenk you are correct. Rick Perry is smart but not smart enough to move away a bit from what gets him re-elected in Texas. He’s on a national stage now but is still stuck in Texas