BuzzFeed - The border crisis is giving the Texas governor the chance to look serious. âPerry has ended up taking the leadership role and Iâm glad he is.â Kevin Lamarque / Reuters WASHINGTON â Whether he means it to or not, the border crisis has been very good for Rick Perry. The Texas governor and failed 2012 presidential candidate has been trying to re-emerge on the national stage as a serious contender for another presidential run. Brandishing glasses instead of cowboy boots, he's gone to great lengths to explain away his embarrassing performance during the 2012 election and had some serious early missteps, including having to walk back a comment where he compared homosexuality to alcoholism. But the thousands of undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States in recent months, and Perry's perch as the top executive in Texas, have given him the opportunity to be out in front on an issue he knows well: the border. Several people close to Perry insist h
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