lol
i'm serious. Reasons Perry can win?
He was a governor for a long time. Gov > Senate when it comes to preparing to be president. You essentially run a mini-country, and TX is a very big one.
"OOPS" - He's been there before. He's fallen on his face. he can laugh about it. he won't be nervous at the debates, he's done them all before.
Appearance - He looks like president. the hair, the face, the height, the stance. that matters.
experience - he's the elder statesman in the room against cruz, rubio, rand. He's got 10-15 years in governing and national level policy/spotlight that they do not. mccain won in 2008 because he said nothing while romney/rudy screamed "lib!" at each other, remember? Perry smart enouogh to chill when its time.
fearless - he will literally drink a few shots then give a 25 minute speech. he did it. He gives no fcks. He will make that casual one-liner that a Paul Ryan or Rand, with 30 more years of politics ahead of them, will hold back.
issues - Perry is the master of pretending to be a tea partier while at the same time crying for the cause of the moderate RINOs. see how artfully he patrolled the border with a machine gun to keep those damn illegals out - and then chided Obama for not doing enough to protect the illegals piping in. "those deaths are on your hands, Mr Obama!"
i love cruz and don't really like perry, but you put them side by side, and on the eye test, the "30 seconds of speaking" test, unfortunately, Perry will have a huge advantage. Cruz will have to deliver the right words to overcome that presidential LOOK that Perry certainly has.