My feeling is that Rick Perry will get the Republican nomination for President in 2016 only if the G.O.P. decides not to waste a real candidate in that election. The key thing is that they have to find someone who has at least a shot at attracting some of the Hispanic and African-American vote. I somehow don't think that's Rick Perry.
This profile is kinda funny. Perry lunched with a reporter at "Nate 'n Al, the Jewish Deli in Beverly Hills" and told his dining companion, "I'm more Jewish than you think I am." Nate 'n Al is a great place to eat but it's probably less Jewish than Rick Perry thinks it is. I am somehow reminded of a friend of mine from the midwest who seems to think the defining thing about Judaism is eating corned beef and bagels.