Perry supported Gore in the eighties, when he was a Democrat and much younger. Reagan was once a Democrat, also.
Besides, Perry is not the only other candidate running for the nomination.
Both Newt and Santorum have the brains and the ability to push Romney further right. Bachman is in there to, but I just don’t have the confidence in her that I once had.
Unfortunately, Romney is not a conservative at all. Either he moves right or he moves out.
Even if Romney moves right, which he has already tried to do, I’d never believe it wasn’t simply political maneuvering. To me, he’s almost worse that Obama, because at least I know Obama has some solid values. They are values I despise and will fight to the death against, but at least I know where the guy stands. Romney’s just an opportunist and nobody knows what he really believes about anything.