“See ya Gov, it was nice not knowin’ ya.”
Hold on a second. Just because Gov. Perry endorsed Giuliani last time means that he’s automatically out?
Actually, IMO, his ties to Giuliani may be a strength, because, through him, he’ll be able to get support of people who won’t support the likes of Palin, Bachmann, etc.
From what I have observed, in order to win the GOP nomination this time around, we need a candidate who can appeal to and unite the three major wings of the GOP: (1) The GOP Establishment, (2) The Evangelicals and (3) The Tea Party.
I know we all don’t like the GOP Establishment, but we need their support to have a united front against Obama. Gov. Perry has connections to the highly influential and wealthy GOP donors and has tremendous fundraising capability, which will allow him to raise money very quickly and match the $1 billion that Obama plans on raising.
Gov. Perry also has connections to the Evangelical wing, which is very important, and he is conservative on all of the major social issues. And he was connected to the Tea Party before there was a Tea Party. He is strongly for states’ rights and the 10th Amendment.
The one-issue voting needs to stop. No candidate is perfect and I only remember one perfect person who has ever walked this earth.
First off, I don't have to hold onto anything regarding the degenerate and FASCIST, Rooty-Julie-Annie.
Second -- 'You Betcha'© that Perry's automatically O-U-T for endorsing that gun-grabbing, Constitution trampling scum.
This is an interesting article about where Texas' campaign money and support was going in '08. Things just aren't back and white.
Texas donors on fence for 2008 election
And then there is this article today in NRO:
Aug 9, 2011 ……A Perry aide paraphrased how Perry explained his support for Giuliani this way: “We don’t agree on social issues, but Mayor Giuliani provided leadership during a time of crisis for the country.” To Perry, Giuliani was a figure who had stellar national-security credentials, a key issue for him.
After citing the importance of the War on Terror, Perry publicly explained his Giuliani endorsement by pointing to the former mayor of New York’s track record: “What I look for is results, and Rudy Giuliani is the individual who will give us the results that will make America safer, that will move our economy forward, that will put strict constructionists on the Supreme Court, that covers a host of issues that are important to me and I think a lot of my colleagues and Americans as well,” he enthusiastically told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade in fall, 2007.
In that interview, Perry brushed off the ideological differences between the two men. He noted that he and Giuliani had discussed some of the issues that divided them, and spent an “inordinate amount of time together over the course of the last six weeks talking about issues both on the phone and face to face.” Those discussion satisfied Perry. According to the Dallas Morning News, Perry told reporters that Giuliani had “assured [Perry] that in nominating Supreme Court justices and on other important issues, a Giuliani administration would serve the conservative cause.”……..
Despite the controversy, Perry did not downplay his endorsement but instead became a more vocal supporter of Giuliani. He campaigned for him in South Carolina, and that fall went on a four-day sweep through Iowa. Talking to voters at a roundtable in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Perry made his pitch for Giuliani by striking a pragmatic tone: “ You can have your purist candidate,” he argued. But “if they can’t win, you just wasted your time.” The voters were not convinced. A Dallas Morning News headline summed up Perry’s success in Iowa: “Perry Wins over Voters — But Not for Giuliani. Iowans Like Messenger More than His Message.” Source