Is Rick Perry the real deal or is he a fraud?

I haven't always been the biggest Perry fan but he seems to be slowly changing in the last three or four years. He has become a little more conservative. Is it because he wants to run for President? i don't know but I do know we have the top 5 real estate markets in the country, construction every where, jobs (if you really want to get one), we are a business friendly state and companies and jobs are moving here, we have no state income tax but we, like all the other states, need to cut our spending. I thing that Romney would prefer he not enter the race because I think Rick perry is going to appeal to a lot of people.