The Texas Tribune reports a PPP poll finds former Governor Rick Perry would defeat Senator Ted Cruz in a Republican primary challenge. I'm no Texan, but that would work for me. Cruz, after all, basically stood before the Republican convention in Cleveland and committed ritual political suicide.
I have been impressed with Rick Perry ever since he was first mentioned as a presidential possibility in 2012. Cruz is probably smarter, but Perry is a smoother politician, more likely to deliver for his constituents. And I like that he's a veteran.
