Maybe you should ask Romney, since he’s the only one benefiting from Perry’s delayed trip back to Texas.
So Romney could force Perry to take “a government position”, to quote you, that Perry has no need for since he’s got a far better gig, a far better place to live, can’t stand DC, wants to take a wrecking ball to it which is why he’s running for President, and hasn’t a fig of a use for Mitt Romney?
I have a simpler approach. We could admit that you imagined the whole thing.