Rick Perry assailed from the right on gays remark

Texas Gov. Rick Perry may well regret the comments he made comparing homosexuality to alcoholism last week at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, captured for the national media by our own David Baker. He came in for criticism not just from gay-rights advocates but also from a pair of fellow Republicans, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and California gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari – and now he’s hearing it from the conservative host of CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Joe Kernen took Perry to task Monday for saying, “I may have the genetic coding that I’m inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look [...]