Jacob Stokes senses tension:
The thing that demonstrates most clearly how Perry’s tendencies as governor reject neoconservative thinking are his actions to win business from Venezuela and China. Neocons would isolate those regimes, especially if the nature of said business carries national security concerns, as oil from Venezuela and communications technologies from China do. … On foreign policy, Perry’s writings and his advisors don’t square with Perry’s actions as governor and the positions of his Tea Party backers. If advisors and campaign biographies are destiny, the Tea Party will have some real problems with Perry when as he begins to develop and explain his positions on foreign policy.
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