Rick Perry for president?

There has been so much talk among my peers as well as in the news about rick perry's presidential campaign, or lack thereof. The talk seems to go back and forth as to whether or not he is actually going to run, but the truth of the matter is, I'm not convinced he would truly win.
While I think the population is gradually leaning more and more toward the side of change from the current state of the government due to the lack of progress shown by our current government, I am not sure such a drastic change is what the general public will really support. Rick Perry seems like the most opposite candidate from Barack Obama possible. A southern conservative, I think his way of thinking is far too different from that of the current administrations for the public to be ready to embrace such a change.
Also, the current state of the Texas budget is not looking like it will support a Rick Perry campaign. As we have seen from our most recent participation, we have a lot of cuts to make in order to be looked at as a promising economy. To get ourselves out of the crisis that we are currently in as a state, a lot of our values are going to be hit hard, namely education. This hit will undoubtedly be looked down upon by the population when analyzing Rick Perry's qualifications as president.
However, he does stand some chance for a nomination and a very slight, but still a chance for an election. The differences that I claim may stand in his way, also may favor him. Southern conservatives who have been discouraged by the Obama administration are likely to desire a president as far away from Obama as possible, which they will get with Perry. Also, the reason for the large amounts of discussion regarding his potential run for the presidency is due in large part to his big body of supporters. He has had a good run in his political career with a lot of victory and success. This will be a big support in his run, if he chooses to do so.
While I am not convinced that Perry will be our next president, I do not rule it out entirely. I think there is a lot of campaigning to be done to those not identifying with conservative ideologies.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2011/0610/Texas-Gov.-Rick-Perry-for-president-Why-he-could-have-a-hard-time