Oppose him for the nomination all you want - he's by no means ideal - but he meets my threshold for general election support and right now seems like the likeliest nominee.
Maybe Republicans will win back a bare majority in the Senate in 2012, maybe not -- but if Obama's still in power it will be nigh impossible to repeal Obamacare and change the course that Obama & co have set toward outright socialism.
I have high standards -- but low expectations. I think a Perry presidency would be reasonably positive for conservatives.
If Perry had actually demonstrated some leadership on Conservative issues (not a bunch of talk pandering to the party base, which is less than useless), I’d consider him supportable. He hasn’t. There are at least a dozen Governors (perhaps more) that have better credentials than he does. He’s the Gubernatorial version of McCain, with better hair (almost an amalgamation of McCain with Slick Willard’s facade). If he has been a serious disappointment as Governor of Texas, especially on issues of importance, how will he magically morph into a great President ? That’s the same argument that was made against Zero in ‘08. A mediocre Senator with no accomplishments somehow becoming the next Messiah ? A WTF ?!? if there ever was one. We need leaders, not politicians, and Perry ain’t even in the ballpark of the former.