Before Perry can have a chance he’s gonna have to learn how to speak on television and be quicker on his feet. It tend to like the guy, but his debate performances in the Primary race were an embarrassment. If he’s planing on running, hopefully he’s been working on it. Jindal could have the same type of problems, given that God-awful Republican response to the State of The Union address a few years ago.
Speaking as a Texan I would vote for Perry in the general. In the primary if he were running against a Bush, Huckabee, Christie, or any other dim lite yes. If any other 100% conservative was running then no.
His debate performance (while lackluster) is much better than his Governor performance.
A slew of awful Governors around the country don’t make him any more than “somewhat adequate”.