Texas Gov. Rick Perry Considering Run For President?…
Too good to be true.
(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.
A Texas pol who is close to Perry has been telling a few key strategists that the nation’s longest-serving governor sees a vacuum and is waiting to be summoned into the race. This source believes that could happen by late summer. Without fellow Southerners Haley Barbour or Mike Huckabee in the race — and with Newt Gingrich’s early troubles raising further doubts about the current lineup — there could be a glaring niche for Perry to fill.
According to another well-connected Republican, at least one Perry confidant has been very quietly making inquiries about the political terrain in the nation’s first voting state of Iowa. A third Perry associate, RCP has learned, has been heralding a small contingent of Iowans with the time-tested line that is often used by would-be candidates who are leaving their options open: “Keep your powder dry.”
Posted by ZIP on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at 9:32 pm | 
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Again, if God wants Governor Perry or Governor Palindrome in the WH, not one thing that exists in the universe can stop it. Just keep praying, punting, and voting lads and lassies.
Perry’s a RINO too. Not to the extent of Newt, but still a RINO.
Overall he’s been a decent governor, in spite of some really boneheaded moves, but I do NOT want him as President.
I agree with Laura. I’m from Texas and I don’t want him as President. I disagree with Orlando about him being a RINO though. Haven’t seen anything to indicate that.
I would vote for him. Or Pawlenty or Daniels. All of them are strong enough to face Obama. That is who I want.
Orlando says:
May 17, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Perry’s a RINO too. Not to the extent of Newt, but still a RINO.
I don’t want a RINO, but better even a RINO than what we’ve got now.
I would love to see Perry run.
I’m not a Texan but wish I were sometimes.
I can imagine this during a debate:
Perry: The president of the United States is not supposed to grant favors to certain states and countries. While Texas was on fire the current president decided that Mexico was more important because they voted for him and the majority of Texans did not.
We all sound like spinsters who have to ‘settle’ – it’s sad
IDK if he is a rino, he sure looks like one *sigh*
West 2012
(ya I am still hoping…)
I don’t want the flavor of the month to run. I want someone who can draw in the independents so that we cane get rid of Obama.
I don’t want Perry. Too Mitt-ish for me. And i’m not forgetting that mandated Gardasil matter.
Run Perry.
He looks a little like Reagan in that picture.
I would love to have someone like Perry as my governor. My state is dominated by liberal Dems. And I mean dominated. We who prefer a more conservative social agenda don’t have a hope for it.
Perry is too white and from the South. No way he beats Obama.
I am guessing Perry thinks this is the only way to FEMA funding for his state.
“Perry is too white and from the South. No way he beats Obama.”
Seems to me like we recently had a white, Southern President.
Next to Palin, he’s the only one I would support thus far.
As a Texan I am pretty much out on Perry. He is better than some alternatives, say HuckaRino, Romneycare or the Obamessiah but his act has gotten old.
Google the Trans Texas Corridor and the Eminent Domain issues it caused.
The really damning one for me was the Gardasil/HPV vaccination debacle whereby he wanted that to be mandatory for school girls. Never mind that a chief of staff was from Merck or that Merck was a multi-thousand dollar contributor. Instead let’s try to use an Executive Order (not voted upon legislation) to inject our children against their parents’ will.
This does not sound Conservative or like First Principals which is what I am looking for in a POTUS; We have seen the alternative and it isn’t something I am interested in repeating.
I think he would probably be OK, and make the country far more prosperous and safer in the long run. The problem I have with him is that he played the P.C. card during the Texas Hate Crime Bill.
They had a prominent Black Church is Dallas that staged a fake hate crime. The bill was stalled in the House and needed a little push. So a fake hate crime was staged and it worked.
Perry fell for it hook line a sinker and signed the bill. I wrote to the guy and received a blanket P.C. response. After that incident, it proved to me that this guy could be easily swayed by political correctness.
I was living in Dallas at the time that this incident happened and it was overtly clear that it was fabricated and staged. But it was enough to pass the bill into law.
I call Bull Shit on this guy, but if it came between him and Obama, Perry would have to get my vote.
How long until everyone at NBC starts calling him a racist?
NOPE
CAIN 2012 !
I never knew about the Gardasil/HPV plan, that’s messed up.
Anyone but Obama 2012.
Rick Perry Attended a Bilderberg Meeting. And you know what that means…..
http://www.commieblaster.com/nwo-cfr-bilderberg/
Brendan is right! I am a Texan too and Perry is not the man you want as next POTUS. He’s all talk when it comes to the border as well!
I voted against the guy last time around just trying to get him out of office!
Here’s another Obama VS. ____.
It turns out that ____ will win. In a head to head.
We have to be careful not to wind up with a split vote, say Obama VS. ____ or ____.
It’s still way to early to suffer indigestion. Cain, Bachman, or _____ still have yet to make their move.
Perry… man, at least he is slinging some poop at Obama, the first since Trump… and those are the only two that have the guts to come right out and call him an A hole… ( If McRhino did that last time, he would be President right now…)
So, anybody but Obama is doing well… but we have so many, and some very good possibilities, that I, like a great deal of the rest of you shall be patient and hope for a better deal. Wil-E-Cayote would get my vote befors Obama… in fact, Obama shall NEVER get my vote, if he were the….
Perry: Arizona immigration law not right for Texas
Governor Rick Perry says Arizona’s tough new illegal immigration law wouldn’t be right for Texas.
Perry said Thursday that such a law would turn law enforcement officers into immigration officials by requiring them to determine immigration status.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/29/texas-governor-arizona-immigration-law-right-texas
Allen West is the one…if only he would run.
Keep in mind, folks, that obastard is running unopposed in the demoshit primary. Acorn employees will shape the GOP primary to the candidate they chose to run and lose to ovomit!
How many fracking times I gotta keep posting this? We need to unite behind obastard’s worst nightmare – Herman Cain.
All these RINO candidates are dicking up the primary and amusing obastard!
Perry is a RINO. Open borders. Sanctuary cities.
Campaign manager for Al Gore in 1988 when he was a Democrat (I guess he saw the light)–yeah a long time ago, but it’s fucking AL GORE….
We’ll see, though. If he swoops in to “save” Texas teachers from losing their jobs then that will be a tell tale sign that he’s gearing up for a run (cf, sympathy/look how much he cares votes).
Perry- Cain?
Perry- Bachman?
With Palin- Homeland Security?
Bolton- Secretary of State?
Paul Ryan- Treasury?
Ron Paul- Fed Chair?
Petraeus- Sec Def?
Only in my dreams…
Christy from NJ first, second a true consertative, third Perry. I am from Texas and he is not as bad as some are saying.
The Guardisil (sp) issue was a bad decision.
But we need the Texas trans corridor to continue with economic growth and Texas does not have Arizonas immigration problem. Perry knows this too. These people who are against both issues are near sighted.
‘Perry’s presidential prospects may ultimately be contingent on the decision made by the only GOP White House hopeful who can boast a resume and home state that is large enough to mess with Texas: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Perry shares Palin’s dexterity with the simple, tough-talking language that tends to fire up the tea party faithful and is similarly adept at connecting on a human level that comes across as decidedly anti-politician, despite his more than a decade in the governor’s mansion.’
Those two together would kick major Leftist and Mohammedan swine butt..
BlueSky.. c’mon, he needs Hispanic votes to run, Texas is more than 50% non-gringo now..
Does he have any love children in the closet? You know you just haven’t accomplished anything until you do the help.
Hughpop, amen. Don’t forget Allen West in there somewhere…I respect the man for not wanting to “abandon” his constituents until he has served the term that he was elected to, but he’s needed…badly.
A Cain/West ticket would be a powerhouse, and would also make the inevitable Unicorn (ACORN) Princess/Dem race baiting reelection strategy comical and DOA!
It seems to me we are making much to do about nothing, this race is
not about who we run on the Republican ticket, this race is going to
be about Obama…..
Run against Obama and his record, whoever it might be, its about this
moron and he can’t hide his record any longer, and can and will he run
against his accomplishments, hell he has none……
Palin / West 2012
How long until everyone at NBC calls him stupid?
And Leno
And Letterman
And the View
And Stephanopoulos
And Maher
And Everybody Else In The Shit Media?
The Media Sucks Ass.
I’m from TX as well.. I’d have to be very desperate to vote for Perry as Pres. He’s a lacky when it comes to the border — his tone changes slightly when it comes to re-election time. The key to TX success is low taxes, no state income taxes, small government, moderate to low regulations, amongst other reasons. Has Perry played the part.. yeah, the part is just to leave well alone. Has he done enough to combat BO’s regime.. I don’t believe so.
I’ll work for you Perry… Only if you run hard on this… Explaining what helped cause the World Wide financial Meltdown.
Timeline shows Bush, McCain warning Dems of financial and housing crisis; meltdown.
6,191,624 to date.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&feature=related
New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
”These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ”The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/business/new-agency-proposed-to-oversee-freddie-mac-and-fannie-mae.html?pagewanted=3&src=pm
@Xen
I agree and I’m from Texas, too. Perry is a RINO but, and I mean only but, he happens to be the only other choice then I suppose I’d have to vote for the well coiffed, so called conservative.
God help us if it comes to that.
I pray we have a true conservative to aspire to the presidency, not RINO’s.
NO!!!!!! Next……
Romney/Ryan
take the win or America loses
GOP use the gunpowder (but wait as neutral MSM will savage you)
Is it me or does Perry look like Reagan in this shot??? And Perry may or not be a RINO but he would be 100 times better than He Who Must Be Worshipped.
Ozconservative is entirely correct. And, if your best argument against a candidate is, ‘but he’s a RRIIIIINNNNOOOOO!!,’ then he must not be that bad of a candidate.
This bloated ego is a corrupt P.O.S.
The whoring for Merck with the junk drug Gardacil is all you need to know.
Perry has a lot of potential. I think the term RINO has been so overplayed that it no longer has a standard meaning. Instead of using the term and dumbing down your writing, replace the term with a list of issues that you disagree with. Let’s keep it real.
I don’t want him as President. I have seen some of the things he has done and they make my eyebrows go up to question him. I really want someone else. I’m pushing Sarah and Cain or West.. those would make be very happy.
Palin/West 8 years West and who ever the hell he wants 8 years. Now thats some serious tingles.
I think some people are so intent on getting rid of Obama, they’re not looking at his past. Some of us have some serious legitimate problems with the guy. I’m for getting rid of Obama but i don’t want to go from the frying pan into the fire. Perry is NOT to be trusted. You KNOW THEM by their fruits.
It was Perry who proposed the Trans-Texas Corridor. There is no doubt in my mind that Perry would give aid to the North American Union.
Since I am on the subject, has anyone written Jan Brewer?
The North American Model Legislature
Tempe (Arizona), May 29th to June 3rd, 2011
http://www.fina-nafi.org/eng/triumvirat11/default.asp?langue=eng&menu=triumvirat11
From Texas, sitting here now within a few miles from were perry tried to stage the largest land grab in Texas history. Trans Texas Corridor. Bush cronie rino with illegal alien sympathies when it isn’t campaign time. Takes credit for our right to work state keeping us from swirling around the bowl and paints it like he’s done something.
No. No. A thousand times NOOOOOOO.
NO
….no
I remember when Perry changed from Democrat to Republican. Perry IS a rhino.
The Original says:
May 17, 2011 at 10:13 pm
“Perry is too white and from the South. No way he beats Obama.”
Seems to me like we recently had a white, Southern President.
Did he run against Obama? Seems like the media pounded him down to 30% approval rating. Jus sayin.
Rick Perry is a political weathervane, and I wasn’t happy over the Trans-Texas Corridor business either, but I’d take him over Obama.
Native Texan here, for what it’s worth, and I was proud of Perry for refusing to go to El Paso to be humiliated by Barry.
Obummer, one of the proposed routes for the Trans-Texas Corridor would have pretty much obliterated the small town I grew up in, including my parents’ house, which was built in 1900 by a member of the Texas House of Representatives, as well as several other historic houses and a 150-year-old church. I have a really hard time believing that Texas is better off having a 20-lane highway replacing that town and countless other small towns.
Texas doesn’t have Arizona’s immigrant problem? Do you live in Texas?
I think he’s hot for an old guy, but that’s about all he has going for him. I liken him and Romney to another Kennedy.
West/Ryan
I’m A Texan now living in Florida and I think He would Definitely be a Game Changer and that the Dems are shaking in their sandals and loafers right now.
I’d Like to see a Perry-West or Either of them with Bachman!
XEN, you said “He’s a lacky when it comes to the border “. You can’t really be in Texas or you’d be aware that Texas just passed a law doing away with sanctuary cities. They are soon to pass an open carry law. Can you say “CRIME PREVENTION”?
Obama hate Perry & Texas. That’s all I need to know.
We are being invaded from California and Illinios because of our low taxes. Businesses are moving here, too, in droves. The only problem we have here is that all the liberals are coming here. We need a fence on the Rio Grande and the Red River, too!
I’am from Nebraska…and I think he would be great. A landslide.
Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please………………………