Posted at 03:30 PM ET, 08/17/2011
Some conservatives not thrilled by Rick Perry

By Rachel Weiner



Does Rick Perry have a problem with conservatives?

In the very short time since Perry’s presidential announcement, there have been some potentially problematic grumblings among a handful of conservative bloggers about the Texas governor. While Perry is being lavished with attention by the national media, there are some positions that are causing consternation among some vocal conservatives.

Most famously, there’s the governor’s decision to mandate that all Texas schoolgirls get the HPV vaccine Gardasil, which some social conservatives see as an embrace of promiscuity and libertarian-minded conservatives argue amounts to government overreach in matters of personal health. Perry now says he made a mistake, but the Republican defended his position for years.

But the vaccine controversy isn’t Perry’s only break from conservative orthodoxy.

“The Gardasil debacle is just one of many concerns a wide range of grassroots conservative activists have about Perry's record as governor,â€