I’m not saying she hasn’t done good things too. Just in that instance she should have announced early that she wouldn’t run instead of hinting she would and waiting until the end of September to announce she wasn’t, even after she said herself she needed to make a decision by August, which was already late in the game.
I think that Perry going back on his word and jumping in, upset her complicated plan.
Either way it didn’t hurt conservatives, except by not having her to take out Romney.