Posted on 07/06/2011 3:25:25 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Two major names remain on the 2012 bench. Each has a giant persona, comes from a giant state, and has a giant following.
Yes, it’s Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Their political friendship, while somewhat recent, seems real — so real that it would be easy to imagine one endorsing the other if only one of them would jump into the race. That would give an instant charge of credibility and buzz to the endorsee, and likely set either Palin or Perry as the Tea Party favorite.
Their friendship goes back to their days as governors, but their political alliance first emerged in the 2010 Texas GOP gubernatorial primary, when the incumbent, Perry, faced a fierce challenge from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
National politicians rarely relish involving themselves in fractious primaries, but Palin did so early on, endorsing Perry wholeheartedly.
“He does what is right regardless of whether it is popular. He walks the walk of a true conservative,” she wrote, and, in a nod to their shared cultural populism, added, “He sticks to his guns — and you know how I feel about guns!”
Her endorsement was significant. Hutchison is one of the nation’s most powerful female Republican politicians, yet Palin chose Perry’s conservatism over Hutchison’s status as a potential Mama Grizzly.
But she didn’t just endorse him; she traveled to Texas to stump for him in a splashy campaign event on Super Bowl Sunday. The Associated Press reported that more than 6,000 fans filled a stadium to see Palin take the stage.
Perry, ever the appreciative host, praised her effusively, providing as good a description of the former governor as she herself might make......
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
This has been my sense too. Who knows? Maybe they'll even announce as a POTUS/VP team. That would take the air out of all of the rest of the GOP candidates.
Well she wasn’t going to endorse kbh or that drunk redneck cowboy... sorry... can’t remember his name.
LLS
A “What If” scenario question. Does your opinion change if Sarah Palin does not run for POTUS and endorses Gov. Perry?
Please take time to read this article.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/265309/rick-perry-s-tenth-commandment-kevin-d-williamson
It really is personal: The Bushies (i.e. Rove) can't stand Perry.
This supposes the most personal rift in the Republican race for governor isn’t between the candidates at all.
“It’s visceral,“ Murray says. “The Bushies don’t like Rick Perry very much.“ The disdain for Perry is no secret among loyalists of George W. Bush, but never before have they had to choose sides in a fratricidal struggle. Now that two Texas Republicans are fighting for the same job, Hutchison’s become the beneficiary of more than a decade of bad blood.
A few incidents have fed the fire over the years. Some remember the 2001 Bob Bullock Museum dedication at which Perry kept referring to the new president as “George”. Or Perry’s criticism of the Bush administration’s handling of immigration policy.
Then there was the governor’s 2007 appearance at an Iowa house party for Rudy Giuliani. Perry told a living room full of Iowa Republicans that the President was “never, ever” a fiscal conservative. “Wasn't when he was in Texas … I mean, '95, '97, '99, George Bush was spending money."
He continued: “George was never a fiscal conservative. I think people thought he was."
The comments immediately rankled Bushworld, according to McKinnon. And there Perry went, calling the president “George” again.
That loose, stream-of-consciousness Perry style fed into a long-held Bushworld view of Perry as impolite and insincere. Sources close to Perry counter that the Bushies have long regarded themselves as superior and never fully appreciated Perry quietly working while lieutenant governor to keep controversial bills away from the then-governor’s desk.
The guy that NPR executives and the New York Times and your average Subaru-driving Whole Foods shopper were afraid George W. Bush was? Rick Perry is that guy. George W. Bush was Midland by way of Kennebunkport. Rick Perry’s people are cotton farmers from Paint Creek, a West Texas town so tiny and remote that my Texan traveling-salesman father looked at me skeptically and suggested I had the name wrong when I asked him whether he knew where it was.
If Sarah Palin likes him, that's good enough for me.
I tend to agree and have said that since Perry’s name started being tossed round. If either one of them runs, I’m all-in with him/her. I’ll be knocking on doors, emailing, blogging, sparring verbally with liberals on their own territory, posting flyers with concise information, whatever it takes.
I tend to agree and have said that since Perry’s name started being tossed round. If either one of them runs, I’m all-in with him/her. I’ll be knocking on doors, emailing, blogging, sparring verbally with liberals on their own territory, posting flyers with concise information, whatever it takes.
Thank you wolfcreek. It needs to be read.
More here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2710073/posts
BUCKEYE TEXAN
Palin-Perry thread ping!
Perry is an AGGIE not a TX Longhorn!
LOL
One of you has to be wrong, yes?
Sarah didn’t just endorse Perry. She stumped for him too. As Sarah is prone to do, she went against conventional wisdom to endorse Perry.
I respect, admire, and adore President Bush. He’s a good, decent man. But his fiscal conservative credentials and willingness to bite back at the MSM left something to be desired. Perry has what it takes on both of those counts.
I’m a Texan. I’ve heard all the arguments about Gardasil, the TTC, etc. In the end, I comes down to this - Perry will listen to his base. And that’s a political trait that’s nearly nonexistent in D.C.
And I have NO support for my opinion, other than since around 2005, Karl Rove has always been wrong (which leads me to conclude that he is backing Romney =>KBH w/o the skirt; or with).
When I found out some of these Perry detractors were actually shilling for Romney, I nearly puked.
And, as far as I can tell, they are from northern states.
It is also true that Perry has been very critical of Bush's willingness to allow over the top spending, and there is a rift between the Bush camp and Perry?
I'm just trying to sort things out here, these competing (and contradictory) claims are a bit weird.
I wonder if Sarah Palin will be with Rick Perry for the Prayer Meeting August 6 in Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX.
An interesting article about it here -- as a student study guide.
Gov. Rick Perry's official invitation to a Day of Prayer
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