Can Perry run in 2016? You bet — as the affable anti-Cruz

Rick Perry has a mighty funny way of running for president.

He goes to California and insults gay and lesbian Americans. Then he tells a New York writer he’s “more Jewish than you think.”

He talks about retiring to Southern California, but then hints he’d be better than U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, and even mocks Cruz’s “15 seconds of fame.”

Result: Perry has been the darling of national media all week, a master of the sin-and-contrition rinse cycle and as charming as an old basset hound that messes up the carpet but still licks your face.

More at http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/19/5914401/can-perry-run-in-2016-you-bet.html .