Jerry DeLemus, chairman of the Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC, a tea party umbrella group, described the Texas answer as wrong-headed and a big negative against Perrys White House hopes. Katrina Pierson, a member of the Dallas Tea Partys steering committee, said Governor Perry has not met the standards, for me, to be the President of the United States if he cant even address the real issues here in Texas.
I particularly liked South40's post from another thread.
Rick Perry Tea Party?
The TP does not agree with Perry on the big-government, nanny-state Gardasil debacle.
The TP does not agree with Perry on his opposition to the border fence.
The TP does not agree with Perry on his opposition to Arizona trying to defend itself from the ILLEGAL hordes that he wants to make citizens.
The TP opposed Perry on the TTC.
The TP does not support Perrys warped view that anyone opposing instate tuition for ILLEGAL aliens does so because of the ILLEGAL aliens last names.
The TP did not agree with Obama and Pelosis stimulus bailout plan yet Perry took stimulus cash anyway.
Rick Perry is a big government, progressive neocon candidate much the same as Mitt Romney ;he is a fraud and anything but in line with the TP's core principles.
As a citizen of the Lone Star state, I agree with what you say.