He’s in, just a matter of when in my not-so-expert opinion.

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry will need money, organization, staff and stamina if he runs for president.

But he appears to already have the support that’s most important for the race — his wife’s.

Following a brief meeting on state finances Tuesday, Perry talked expansively for the first time on what his wife, Anita, has been telling him about a White House run.

“My wife was talking to me and saying: ‘Listen . . . get out of your comfort zone. Yeah, being governor of Texas is a great job, but sometimes you’re called to step into the fray,’” the governor said.

As an experienced political wife, Anita Perry has been stepping into the fray with her husband since he ran for the Texas House in 1984.

Holding a master’s degree in nursing, she worked as a nurse for 17 years.

Perry said his wife is worried how the new health care law will affect health care.

The concern about such issues as health care and federal debt, he said, spurred him into thinking about the White House.