rick perrySecond, it rocks Tim Pawlenty’s world hard. I think a Rick Perry candidacy fundamentally hurts Tim Pawlenty’s effort to be the conservative in the race. Likewise, Pawlenty cannot match Perry’s gubernatorial record, though to be fair that has as much to do with governing Minnesota instead of Texas as it does with them being different people. Third, Perry’s entry would buy Mitt Romney time in the lead. Time is the one campaign commodity that cannot be added to. Every day Mitt Romney leads is a day it becomes increasingly likely Romney is the nominee. If Perry gets in, odds increase that Romney, not Perry, is the nominee. Fourth, Rick Perry’s entry into the Presidential race probably opens up the Texas Senate race even more. Lt.
Governor Dewhurst would probably calculate he stands a better chance of taking over the Governor’s office on the cheap than spending big on a Senate seat.But over the past two weeks, political advisers and friends say, Mr. Perry has changed his tune on a possible presidential campaign. In private conversations, they say, the three-term governor said he worries that the current GOP contenders have yet to stir real excitement within the party and may struggle when facing President Barack Obama. "He thinks there is a void [in the current field of candidates], and that he might be uniquely positioned to fill that void," said one Perry confidant who talked to the governor last week.
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