You probably haven't seen these polling numbers from Texas...Of course not they show Perry in a favorable light..

Raleigh, N.C. – It probably comes as no surprise that Texas’ Republican presidential

primary is uncompetitive.

Rick Perry has almost half (49%) of his home-state party mates’ support, followed way behind.  Mitt Romney’s 10%,

Newt Gingrich’s 8%,

Ron Paul’s, Michele Bachmann’s, and Herman Cain’s 7%,

Rick Santorum’s 3%, Jon Huntsman’s 2%, and Gary Johnson’s less than 1%.

That is an improvement from June,

when Perry was only a theoretical candidate who had previously turned down a run.

Then, he had 31% to Romney’s 15%, Bachmann’s 11%, and the others in single digits.

If the contest were already down to Perry and Romney by the time Texas’ voting were held,

Perry would annihilate his opponent, 72-18.

Perry has upped his job approval marks with these voters in the interim, up 18 points

from a so-so 64-29 to a pretty solid 72-19. Meanwhile, voters see all the others but

Gingrich not just less positively than Perry but actually negatively. Romney’s

favorability numbers are down 22 points from an already weak 49-34 to a negative 37-44.

Bachmann is down 32 points, from 51-27 to 38-46. And Paul is still seen negatively, but

even more so, down six points from 37-45 to 35-49. Gingrich sits at 50-36.

A slim plurality of these voters agree with Perry that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme,

46-35, almost flipped from the 33-53 PPP found nationally earlier this month. Though

Perry has walked his support for it back, 60% disagree with requiring the HPV vaccine.

64% do not believe in global warming, and 53% do not believe in evolution.