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Matt Lewis reports that well-placed sources are telling him that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is getting into the presidential race. Speculation about Perry is likely to reach a fever pitch after Newt Gingrich’s campaign team resigned yesterday, partly because it accentuates a void in the race and also because it frees up Perry people to work for the governor should he choose to run.
Lewis says a Perry campaign wouldn’t be a slam dunk:
If Perry does indeed jump in the race, GOP primary voters will likely be reminded of how conservatives were outraged when he signed an executive order in 2007, making Texas the first state in the nation to mandate Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccinations for sixth-grade girls. They will be reminded that he endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president in 2008. And, of course, his controversial plans to create a Trans-Texas Corridor (which were finally dropped after a large public outcry) would come up. Perry would also have to find a way to extricate himself from his important duties as head of the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA).
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steve in Ohio| 6.10.11 @ 10:04AM
Anybody electable won't be a perfect conservative. Texans--is he somebody we can trust for the most part? Is he solid on illegal immigration? Who would he turn to on national defense issues? Personally I'd like to hear a candidate besides Ron Paul say we're spread too thin and we need to consider defense cuts along with reductions in social spending.
Teflon93| 6.10.11 @ 10:10AM
This flat out isn't true.
Obama was as perfect a liberal as has come down the pike and he got elected, despite liberals being half as numerous as conservatives and despite the brand damage liberals have done to themselves over the past generation.
Why do conservatives keep buying these RINO lies? If the RINOs had been right, McCain would have won in 2008 and Dole in 1996. Both lost handily.
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.11.11 @ 9:24AM
That's a blatant lie. Defense cuts are not needed, and would actually be bad for America. They would save little money, and would only weaken the military, thus inviting coercion or even aggression and forcing the US government to rebuild the military sometime later - at a greater fiscal cost. No fiscal conservative should support such a policy. Defense spending is not to blame for this fiscal crisis, and cutting it will not solve this problem.
Teflon93| 6.10.11 @ 10:08AM
All problematic for conservatives. So how does he compare unfavorably to Mitt "Romneycare" Romney and Tim "RINO" Pawlenty and John "Anything You Say, Mr. President" Huntsman?
These are the Big Three Ramesh Ponnuru and NRO have anointed. Hard to see how Perry wouldn't be an improvement over them, given at least he's been good on the economy.
Personally, I'd prefer Bachmann, Cain, West, or Palin. We need a REAL conservative this time! We've waited long enough and RINO's shot their wad with McCain.
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.11.11 @ 9:42AM
Don't worry. Perry won't siphon any votes away from these four candidates. That's because Perry is a RINO of Dubya proportions. The only differnece is that unlike Dubya and Antle, Perry has a brain, which makes him even more dangerous than Dubya ever was.
PCC| 6.10.11 @ 11:04AM
With all due respect to Gov. Perry, with whom, like most Americans, I am only passing familiar, I think President Bush damaged the Texas brand so grievously in recent years that he'd be well advised to wait a cycle or two.
Ken (Old Texican)| 6.10.11 @ 11:27AM
Go to youtube type in: perry tax day speech
He has grown a pair.
Derek Leaberry| 6.10.11 @ 11:38AM
There's a few things to consider about the alleged "conservative" Rick Perry. First, he tried to jam the Trans-Texas Corridor down the throats of Texans, a plan which would have broken up farms, ranches and communities. Not very conservative. Second, he tried to jam the Gardasil vaccine down the throats of the girls of Texas, thumbing his nose at the prerogatives of parents. Not very conservative or family friendly. Third, Perry was a big-spending governor until he no longer had the extra tax revenue. He became conservative only as a political tactic. Fourth, Perry is weak on illegal immigration and was outspoken in his condemnation of the Arizona anti-illegal immigration law. Not conservative here as well. Fifth, Perry was George W. Bush's lieutenant-governor and thus must be considered a big government "conservative." And we know that Bush was no conservative.
Louis Tully| 6.10.11 @ 12:16PM
eh
Ore Gone| 6.10.11 @ 4:31PM
I had a politician tell me that some people take jobs for the wrong reasons (money, power...) and they are not that interested in the outcome of the task as long as they get what they want. What I see is a multi-tiered government only interested in their personal gains at the expense of the country. This plays perfectly into the socialist plans for this country. I believe in Herman Cain and I also believe that he is in this for all the right reasons. God saved him from cancer for a higher purpose. We need help from our politicians if we are going to pull through this and we need to unload the leeches and parasites.