Rick Perry for president. Discontent with the current crop of Republican presidential candidates has caused people to cast about for a fresh face to energize the election contest. Governors Chris Christie of New Jersey and Mitch Daniels of Indiana have been mentioned.

Some political operatives, according to Real Clear Politics, have mentioned another governor's name -- Rick Perry of Texas.For the time being Perry is not sullying his hands with actively testing the waters. Surrogates are quietly sounding out the possibility of a Perry for president campaign in Iowa, the site for the first caucus in the 2012 primary season.
Perry, a third-term governor, is busy trying to close a huge deficit in the state of Texas' budget. After that job is accomplished, it is possible he would want to seek new worlds to conquer. The presidency would be just the next rung on America's political ladder. And it is not as if electing a governor of Texas was entirely unprecedented.