Reagan was behind Daddy Bush until the second debate. After he got the nomination he was behind Carter until the Sunday before the Tuesday election.
I’m sure that people who base their vote on who knows when Elvis’ birthday is are going to vote for Perry or Romney rather than a conservative.
But Perry hasn’t been fully vetted yet. How many people outside of Texas know that he replaced a conservative Supreme Court justice with a self proclaimed moderate?
How many people know about his support for cross border health care with Mexico? There’s much more but it’s all been posted. As the country finds out these things he will fade.
As far as Bush goes, the war didn’t cause Bush to double the size of the Department of Education, or to gut the farm bill Newt passed, or to increase the number of people who pay no taxes, or to push Bushcare, or to nominate Harriet Miers to the Supreme court.
Nor did the war cause him to push the Bush/Kennedy/McCain amnesty bill, or to try to turn over our ports to Arabs.
Shall I continue?
[I’m sure that people who base their vote on who knows when Elvis’ birthday ... ] wasn’t.
Messups seem to count with other candidates.......!
Perry has never lost an election. He served six years in the Texas Legislature, then became Texas agriculture commissioner. He served as lieutenant governor for one year under Gov. George W. Bush, then ascended to the governorship after Bush became president. Perry has since won election as governor in his own right two more times.
Do you not think he has been vetted by now? They will continue to throw the same things at him that is being done here on the forum.
I don’t for a minute believe Perry will ‘fade’ and I’m long past the ‘blame Bush’ stuff.
Have a nice evening.