That's Perry doing his "smart" face for President Obama.
It's not the Koch brothers, but Rick Perry has his own oil and gas sugar daddy, both for a day job and for
Super PAC support for his presidential campaign. Since he left the governor's office, Perry has sat on the board of oil and natural gas pipeline company, Energy Transfer Partners, and he has maintained that board position even while being an official presidential contender. The position has netted him an estimated $50,000 annually in extra pin money, but what they're doing for his campaign is what's impressive.
Energy Transfer Partners' CEO Kelcy Warren is putting far more money into Perry's presidential ambitions. According to CNN, Warren accounts for $6 million of Perry's super PAC donations to date. Warren—worth $6.7 billion according to Forbes—chipped in just $250,000 to the pro-Perry super PAC in 2012, but he is clearly more invested in Perry's second campaign. In addition to ponying up the most money for the super PAC's, Warren is working for the official campaign as its finance chairman.
Warren has put six times more money into Perry than he's been able to raise outside of his Super PACs, just $1.07 million since he announced. That's nothing compared to what the Koch's will eventually be putting into the race, when they decide on their candidate. But it's enough to keep Perry in the game for a long time, and to help keep that
Republican circus running for months and months.