Reflecting on Gov. Rick Perry

Just finished reading another excellent column by Charles Krauthammer. What does that have to do with sudden emergence on the presidential election scene by Gov. Rick Perry? Plenty. And just like business, both big and small, keeping their capital on the sidelines as the Obama era is defined by attempts to change the rules of the game regarding so many aspects of our lives - Americans are merely waiting for enough confidence to make predictions about certainty before getting back in. Perry has jumped on to the ship of presidential politics because he leans hard on the right rail, urging the ship back on to a straight course after three years of listing more and more to the left from a president who has been an absent leader, a blamer, someone who would rather blame the last captain than actually get into the wheelhouse and steer the ship. Perry's involvement may help with that. But here's what I think: Americans want someone back in the wheelhouse putting the ship back on course running strong and upright. They want the listing to stop. They are taking charge of their own lives (strong evidence: credit card delinquencies hit new low) That's why I feel everything happening right now in August will lead to a strong look at another governor, Jon Huntsman - and there will be a lot of agreement around him from both left and right about what we can do as a country. Until then, we are in for some choppy seas in a listing ship.