Posted on 07/12/2011 2:33:21 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
EXETER, N.H. - Texas Governor Rick Perry has telephoned influential Republicans in early-voting New Hampshire and Iowa in recent days as he weighs whether to enter the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
“He was looking for my thoughts in terms of what the presidential field looked like and what might happen if someone came in and shook things up a little bit,’’ New Hampshire Senate President Peter Bragdon said yesterday....
The conservative Texan also called several GOP leaders in Iowa, which will hold the first contest in next year’s GOP presidential race. Among those contacted, Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds....
“He looked forward to the opportunity to have a face-to-face and talk about great things that could happen in Iowa as well as the nation,’’ Reynolds said. “He just said he looked forward to seeing me soon.’’
Perry’s efforts to reach out to Republican officeholders in both states come as polls suggest Republican primary voters in early voting states and elsewhere are generally underwhelmed by the current slate of candidates.
The field is largely set, with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney - who lost the nomination to John McCain in 2008 - ahead in most early surveys. Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee, and Perry are the only two major question marks.
Perry, Texas’s longest-serving governor, had spent months saying that he would not seek the nomination. He reversed course several weeks ago and has been openly considering a bid.
New Hampshire conservative leader and former Senate candidate Ovide Lamontagne said he spoke to Perry “for the better part of half an hour’’ on Saturday.
“I told him that I think this is a wide-open race. While there are some good candidates out there, I think folks are still looking,’’ said Lamontagne,....
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I dont even see the RINO Perry on the Harry Poll.
Does he really do worse than Krauthammer? Who knew?
I dont even see the RINO Perry on the Harry Poll.
Does he really do worse than Krauthammer? Who knew?
I’m watching New England media...if they do not attack Perry; that will send up a red flag. Simple as that. We’ll see.
Thank you for the link...
It's reality time for the Palin supporters--the door is slamming shut and time is running out.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 is the day Rick Perry boots Hussein and Moochelle out of the White House.
Fillers were added during the Depression Era”
Spot on.
Accordingly, Anita Perry, from TX, has the aforementioned recipe.
Barack Obama’s recipe: a box of saltine crackers, several pounds of government cheese, a bag of pinto beans, a bag of kidney beans, several gallons of water, a bag of peas, a wheelbarrow full of resentment towards the rich. And ONE bullion cube.
Enjoy your Obama depression chili!
Hi long FRiend,
First, that is the election.
Second, it will be determined by the PEOPLE.
Third, Perry could not beat Allahpundit nor Malkin
in the Harry poll. What conceivable role could
he have other than spoiler or Romney’s Trojan Horse.
Give Perry 60 days. He will have announced and then should be in the lead or at least doing very well in the polls.
Obama’s new coal tax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2747244/posts?page=1 is one reason Perry is good enough for me to want Perry get in there ASAP and beat Bammy come November 2012
I appreciate your differing opinion!
“In other words, the GOP-Bush family establishment have their hooks in this guy.”
I don’t think so. My understanding is that the Bush family can’t stand Perry. In fact a few days ago GW called Perry to try to interfere in that Texas execution and Perry told him to buzz off. I don’t think there is any love lost between Perry and Bush.
IMO Perry is going to probably get in the race and he likely has a very good chance to win the nomination. I think he will have to address the concerns many of us have regarding the border, NAFTA etc. I did read that Perry said the first 100 days of a Perry Presidency would include the shutdown of the EPA and the Dept of Educ. so thats a plus.
Perry also supported in-state tuition for illegals. That’s conservative?
Look at the history of this wonderful dish. It is not an opinion, it is fact as best can be determined. Chili as we know it today originated in Texas by trail drivers as I wrote earlier. The actual history of a chili dish can be traced back about 7500 years! Beans were introduced later by northerners:
1922 - The Cincinnati Style Chili was created in 1922 by a Macedonian immigrant, Tom (Athanas) Kiradjieff. He settled in Cincinnati ... opened a hot dog stand with Greek food called the Empress, only to do a lousy business because nobody there at the time knew anything about Greek food. So, it is said, that they called their spaghetti chili.
He created a chili made with Middle Eastern spices which could be served a variety of ways. His "five-way" was a concoction of a mound of spaghetti topped with chili, then with chopped onion, then red kidney beans, then shredded yellow cheese, and served with oyster crackers and a side order of hot dogs topped with shredded cheese.
So, you Yankees enjoy your soup! It just ain't chili!
Bottom of Post #19 for more information.
No sir. The Bush family does not care for him. Nor does Rove. This mischaracterization is repeating itself on this thread. Its false.
Totally FALSE.
Rove had a connection with Perry long ago, in Perry's early days in Texas politics. That changed BIG TIME when Perry took repeated shots at then president George W. Bush.
Bring facts if you have them. So far, you have nothing.
Your link to Rolling Stone was from May, 2010 and says NOTHING about a Rove endorsement for Rick Perry.
Time to punt AGAIN. You have brought nothing but trash to this thread so far. Old, worn out, worthless TRASH. No facts whatsoever.
Care to revise that accusation, Mr. Matlock?
I keep seeing a lot of "friend" and "loyalty" type arguments in these Perry threads with respect to the Bushes as to why Rove would not work on Perry's behalf (when all the evidence suggests otherwise). "Friends" and "loyalty" to the Bush clan has nothing to do with the current GOP/American Crossroads skullduggery. Rove is a hired gun, and a very powerful one, who's loyalty extends as far as the last paycheck.
One would think that years of FReeping and watching cutthroat politics in action would disabuse people that "friends" has anything to do with it. I guess some people prefer to go through life with their heads stuck firmly in the sand when it comes to GOP internal shenanigans.
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