Sarah Palin's actual record is there for anyone who cares to look at it. It's stellar, and beats Rick Perry's by a long-shot, if you ask me.
Sure, Rick's been able survive two challenges in his re-election bids, but that's only because conservatives didn't really have a real alternative in the primaries.
He's also been smart enough not to 'fix what's not broke' in this state, which has garnered him a lot of unearned kudos for this state's success.
At the same time, I know that he's pushed in the right direction when Texas conservatives have jumped his ass, but that's what we've had to do, to get his head in gear.
As far as the "nuts and sluts" attack crap, the Dems have already shot their wad at Sarah. They've turned her drawers inside out, and found nothing. They're out of ammo, at this point. Who cares what else they dream up to throw at her? It'll be ineffectual, after three solid years of ongoing attacks, which amounted to nothing but false alarms.