Article from RealClearPolitics By Jonathan Gurwitz – June 19, 2011 – Remarkably similar to the one Sharon shared via AT yesterday…… Perry’s Perfect Positioning – One way of looking at Rick Perry’s political career is to conclude that he is extraordinarily lucky.
He first ran for and won statewide office in 1990, just as Republicans were beginning their historic takeover of Texas state government. As lieutenant governor, he was able to move into the Governor’s Mansion when George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election. Now the Lone Star State’s longest-serving governor, he has the potential to join a winnowing field of GOP presidential aspirants as a serious contender. (more…)
Even the Obama loving liberal media would have a tough time attacking Rick Perry’s job creation record – (Washington Examiner) […] “Since the recovery began, 38 percent of all the jobs created in American have been created in the State of Texas,” Dallas Federal Reserve president Richard Fisher told CNBC’s “The Squawk Reserve” Tuesday. “My district has more employment now than before the crisis began,” Fisher added. Imagine a one-theme presidential campaign based on the simple fact that while President Obama was out there destroying American jobs by the millions, Perry was busy creating them in Texas. (more…)
The ususal trophy is, of course, offered hand-made by your’s truly out of tin-foil and bacon. It’s traditional here in the tree. It Will Be Magnificent. Today we’re going to guess when a 5th-generation Texan raised on a ranch, edumacated at A & M (Gig ‘Em Aggies!!),
a former Demoncrat, and will protect his damdog, dammit, and sick-and-tired of our damstate being on fire, and did I mention – a close friend of US Citizen Sarah Palin, and more than tired of illegal invaders adding to the mess we’re already in, plus now we’ve got the damlizard-gonna-cut-off-the-oil and now, the…. I’m sorry. This is a contest (!!!) with a prize (!!!) and I’m gettin’ long-winded. Oooohhhhmmmm!! Back to the contest! (more…)
(Fox News) – Adviser to Texas Gov. Rick Perry when asked by Power Play about the condition of a possible presidential run. Sources close to Texas Gov. Rick Perry say that the events of the last week have brought America’s longest-serving governor to the cusp of an announcement.
The implosion of Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign frees up Perry’s political wingmen, Dave Carney and Rob Johnson, now said to be headed to Austin to prepare a Perry run. Also this week, sources say Perry got the thumbs up from the Texas moneymen whose support he sought before launching a campaign. A big piece in the Wall Street Journal also helped convince the team that there was East Coast interest in the Texan’s candidacy. (more…)
I do not know anything more than anyone else, and this is entirely supposition, but after watching a couple of years of interpersonal dynamics this scenario seems blatantly obvious to me.
If Rick Perry enters the race for president, it specifically and intentionally signals that Sarah Palin is not running. PERIOD. (more…)
(The Blaze) — Could this be the clearest sign yet that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will run for president? The governor admitted recently that he’s considering a run after previously shooting the idea down. And now, a source close to the Gingrich campaign tells The Blaze that Perry has offered Gingrich’s now-departed campaign manager, Rob Johnson — who used to be the campaign manager for Perry — his old job back. (more…)
This guy would certainly gain a Palin endorsement…. (RCP) — As many grass-roots Republicans remain in search of a conservative candidate with the pizazz to go toe-to-toe against President Obama, a man from deep in the heart of Texas who was tea party before the tea party was cool appears to be giving the presidential race some thought. Gov. Rick Perry has insisted on multiple occasions that he has no interest in the presidency, but RCP has learned that political associates have begun to nose around quietly on Perry’s behalf. (more…)