Rick Perry Looking To Kick Start Presidential Bid

Expect Rick Perry to spend his time post-governorship preparing another run for the White House.

Perry will leave the governor’s mansion after 14 years on Jan. 20. Just a few days later, he’ll be in Iowa participating in the state’s first major candidate event of the 2016 campaign. It’s the latest stop in a heavy travel schedule as he edges toward a second run at the White House.

Perry and his allies are the first to admit that he faces a tall task in overcoming voters’ memories of his dismal 2012 campaign. But they’re convinced that this time around he’s much better prepared, and that leaving office will give him much more time to focus on a potential campaign.

“Our greatest enemy in 2011 was time. Our greatest asset in 2015 and 2016 is time. Hopefully now we’ll have the time to do this right if he and Mrs. Perry choose to do it,” Bob Haus, Perry’s top Iowa advisor, told The Hill…

If he does run, Iowa strategists say he has a real shot at redemption — and perhaps a strong enough finish to put him in position to make a run at the nomination. He had one of the highest favorability ratings of all likely candidates among Iowa GOP voters in an October Des Moines Register survey. His 64 percent approval rating was bested only by 2012 nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

But likability doesn’t necessarily mean support. Perry drew 7 percent in that poll, good for a sixth-place tie in a field of 16 potential candidates.

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