One of Rick Perry's big selling points as a presidential candidate is his governorship of the state that has created approximately 37% of our country's jobs since the Great Recession. That's a very impressive number. Thus, it's no real shocker that his opposition in the Democratic party and in the news media have been quick to try and discredit it. I wouldn't expect anything less. That's how politics works, and the Republicans would do the same thing if the situation was reversed.