AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry plans to announce any day if he will seek re-election next year. But that decision could depend as much on whether he wants to run for president again in 2016 as it does his desire to stay in the governor’s mansion.
Already the longest-serving governor in state history, Perry’s most prudent next political move may be establishing himself as a national conservative agenda-setter — perhaps in the mold of Sarah Palin — if he hopes to make another run at the White House. But would keeping or quitting his day job be the best way to accomplish that?