Gov. Rick Perry says he hasn’t yet decided whether to seek his zillionth term as Texas governor.

State Attorney General Greg Abbott says he hasn’t yet decided whether to run for Perry’s office.

I don’t believe either man. They’ve both decided. They’ve talked it over. They’re just waiting for the right time to spill the beans.

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/20/speculation-mounts-decision-nears-perry/

Abbott’s already running for governor. He’s out raising money and trying to position himself as the heir apparent to the longest-serving governor in Texas history. Perry, meanwhile, hasn’t not been raising money and instead is touring the Northeast to talk about how business-friendly Texas is, especially to companies toiling in high-tax, high-regulation states such as New York and Connecticut. Those activities don’t sound like someone getting ready to run for re-election.

Perry’s time as governor has run out. He reportedly wants to run again – that’s right – for president of the United States. Apparently the humiliation he suffered during his first run in early 2012 wasn’t enough to dissuade him of his high ambition. So, by stepping away from the governor’s office in January 2015 he can spend time cobbling together a presidential campaign that he hopes will take him farther than the first one did.

The Texas Tribune reports, though, that the early reviews for Presidential Campaign No. 2 aren’t so hot. He flubbed a reference to Libya by calling it Lebanon when talking about the Benghazi fire fight that killed four U.S. diplomats in September 2012.

To borrow a word: Oops.

I am one of many Texans who has grown tired of Rick Perry. Actually, I was tired of him long ago … about the time he took office after G.W. Bush’s election as president.

Here’s hoping the tea leaves are giving us good news in the days ahead.