[grey_whiskers]

You’re not a Texan. WTF would you know about Texas politics in 1988? Obviously not a damn thing since you asked such an uninformed question. Texas was controlled by Democrats then not Republicans.

Duh. Remember Ann Richards and Lloyd "You're No Jack Kennedy" Bentsen?

The point is that 1988 was the end of Reagan's Presidency, and no conservative would be backing Gore at all during such a time.

(Remember who was President before Reagan? Jimmuh Dhimmi Carter? Like I said NO conservative would have been backing a Democrat back then.)

Cheers!

[kevao]

The question in 1988 was, Are you better off now than eight years ago? Maybe Perry was one of the two or three people, if that, who wasn’t.

[BuckeyeTexan]

You miss the whole point. Perry wasn’t a conservative in 1988. He was still a Democrat. He was conservative by Democratic standards not by Republican standards.

While the rest of the country was experiencing the Reagan Revolution, Texas was still controlled by Democrats. Yes, Reagan won Texas in the national election, but our state legislature was Democratic not Republican. The Senate had 23 Democrats, 8 Republicans. The House had 91 Democrats, 59 Republicans.

Your complaint seems to be that Perry didn’t switch parties during the Reagan Era. My point is that it is unreasonable to expect that given the political culture in Texas at the time.