Posted on 05/27/2011 9:01:05 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Published May 27, 2011 | FoxNews.com
Maybe Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he’s decided to test the waters on a presidential run just because he’s feels left out.
For all the attention paid to the presidential possibilities of two members of the House (Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann) and a reality show host (you know who), you’d never know that the Republicans had on their bench the three-term governor of the state with the nation’s best economy and the largest Republican population.
But for some reason, when Perry told people he wasn’t running, reporters believed him. If Chris Christie even flies over Iowa, the blogosphere goes into meltdown mode, but the political press for some reason mostly took Perry at his word.
It seems strange that they would have.
Perry, who has been governor for more than a decade, is a favorite of the Tea Party movement for his tough stands on state sovereignty, border security, taxes and gun rights. Anybody who packs heat when he jogs so he can blow away coyotes that mess with his Labrador retriever and hangs out with Ted Nugent at a Tax Day rally is going to have serious street cred with the Republican base.
As the Perry talk heats up, these primary election positives will be reinforced by liberals who find his Texas-fried politics to be repellant. Every time Democratic cable news talkers remind viewers that Perry once warned that Texas might secede from the union if Washington kept piling on new federal powers, somewhere in Iowa or South Carolina a Republican primary voter thinks, “Not bad.” When Perry gets chided for declining photo-ops with President Obama on visits to the state, somewhere in New Hampshire a guy...
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I agree with your assessment. But, sad to say, the digging of the Erie Canal was handled prettyy much the same way by DeWitt Clinton and his bunch. The transcontinetal railroads were petty much cesspools of corruption, and the French attempt to dig the Panama Canal is as famous for its corruption as for its failure. I blame it on Original sin. The lust for power and money is a major factor in every human enterprise. Even Solomon’s building of the Temple was not on the up and up.
Understandable, but there is a reason governors do well in presidential elections and senators struggle.
No national record to pick at is a plus.
Going to the senate would be setback in he wants to be president.
Rounding up and fuzzy math makes it a fraction over 10% every year (except that one, big woo) and that small fraction adds up. Same job, no major improvements, and within price range as mortgage paid off within 5 years. With the fair market values climbing here, there’s no end in sight to our tax increases. Great if I wanted an investment property but this was supposed to be our last home. So, bring on the housing crisis!
Some mistake, huh. My dream was to one day buy the old family place and make that our home. The market had remained fairly steady for all those years but the minute we bought it BOOM! I have family obligations but I’m afraid we’ll have no choice but to sell it in 3-4 years.
If you've had 10% increases in your house value for a great many years, count yourself lucky particularly in this housing market. You must live in a desirable area for it to have gone up that much. Either that or it was grossly undervalued or undertaxed when you bought it or inherited it.
My parents were paying low taxes on their Texas house because they were in their 80s and their taxes had been partially frozen since they were 65 (I think school taxes are frozen to help seniors). There was a great jump in taxes on the house (over a factor of two) when one of my siblings inherited the house after both parents died. That tax increase brought the house's tax rate and assessed value back in line with what other folks who were not seniors were paying.
You can always sell your house and move to a more affordable area if you are getting pinched. Don't blame the march of time and inflation and/or your good choice of a house location on Perry.
I was pretty careful just to say he used the word. Not that he meant it. But you are correct, for someone just reading my post, my statement implies too much good about him. Cain is not perfect, either, of course.
Harry Reems? Never heard of the guy, which means that 99% of the voting public has also never heard of him, i.e., he's got zero name recognition, and can't win the primary.
I trust your instincts on the guy, but no unknown is going to sweep the Republican primary, or go on to win the general.
If you are a Texan, you realize that the governor has very little power to get anything done. The Rail Road Commish is the one with the power. Personally, I like Perry...of course I live in Aggieland (Bryan/College Station) where we are a conservative bunch. And Perry is a Former Aggie.
I’m not a huge Perry fan either, BUT the last couple of years he’s done quite well. At this point I’d support him. I guess I have to anyway...I have a sibling who works for him...lol.
Don't misunderstand, I like some of the Libertarian stuff, just as a party or movement it ain't going anywhere. Any candidate less Right than Ron Paul is a lefty or RINO, right?
Mine too. And I agree also, I voted for him in nov because he was the lesser of two evils, I don’t want to have to do that again.
Don’t forget his little gardasil mandate either. That sealed it for me.
Ain't that the truth!!! I could see that as a possibility and a very interesting one. Two governors from successful states. One completely gets in The One’s head (Palin) and the other has been sparring back and forth with the Feds and The One (Perry). Neither have any reticence about poking The One with a stick. It could be very lively and entertaining.
And...the ticket might not go down in flames. A lot of people across the country got on the “Trump Train” because of his outspokenness.
Since this is a thread about Perry, I will say he has not been a disaster as a governor, imo. No politician in office for 10 years will escape criticism. Is he a politician? Of course he is. It has been stated numerous times that the Lt Gov in Texas has the real power. He was Lt Gov under Bush. So I think I'll spend some time looking at his record during that time before I throw him under the bus.
Do I think he will run? Probably not.
Do I think the majority of the country is ready for another Texas candidate? I love my state, but probably not. Most are too far into “cool” and “metropolitan”.
Haha, GOPsterinma was having some fun, Harry Reems is an ....actor who sort of resembles the guy we are talking about (Rick Perry).
I don’t think he’d be all that strong a candidate. He’s probably a little less “RINO” than Pawlenty but I think of the 2 Pawlenty would be stronger. I’d vote for either of them but neither are great.
I really think Perry would have a hard time winning. Guy is too easy to compare to Bush and that is not a good thing.
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