1) His illegal immigration stance which could alter our culture and our national sucurity.
2) His electibility. Obviously if he cannot move to the top of the GOP ticket he would never be able to move up in the general election.
That being said, I like Rick Perry a lot and wished he had different views on illegals. He is indeed conservative on most other issues.
Personally, I think his staying in the race at this point only helps Romney and Romney represents "liberalism". So, in a nutshell, Rick Perry is helping to advance liberalism in the GOP by accident.
I don't think you really know what his stance on immigration is or isn't. Perry has probably done more for border security than any elected official in the last 5 decades.
Hopefully some day some of these US educated illegals will head back to Mexico and make a positive change in the own country. Since the federal government will not allow states to take a hands on approach what other choices does any state government have?
Concurring bump. People who say Perry is strong on immigration and border issues are just spreading misinformation.
Worse, though, is the way that Perry arrives at all his positions, which is mainly by subscription to the needs of his financial backers. There is a strong possibility that he is basically unprincipled.
Which raises the further possibility that Perry, in the White House, would do a volte-face on many issues , abandon the conservative base completely, and embrace the full smorgasbord of East Coast Elite agenda and NWO issues quite openly.
Perry is basically for rent, imho.