Texas Gov. Rick Perry is exploring a run for president in a behind-the-scenes effort to set up a shadow campaign that stretches from Austin to New Hampshire to Miami. Perry’s potential bid is more of a whisper campaign than a presidential campaign at the moment, but he’s aggressively courting fundraisers and political consultants – even if they’re allied with other candidates. [snip] This week, Perry is meeting with delegations from Tennessee, Georgia and Arkansas and has recently travelled to California and Aspen, Colo. in well-publicized visits that are all preludes to a nationwide campaign. Perry has already fired up rank-and-file...
