Perry's SC Organization Could Be Key to Resurgence

Mt. Pleasant Patch ^ | December 21, 2011 | Shawn Drury

[Cincinatus' Wife]

As many commentators have already noted, the pursuit of the Republican Party’s nomination for president has been one of the most — if not the most—unpredictable races in the modern era.

And votes are yet to be cast.

No candidate typifies the capriciousness of the race thus far better than Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

And now Perry, once thought to be written off, is polling in double-digits again in Iowa and South Carolina. What makes Perry different from the others who rose just as quickly as they fell is his strong grassroots organization.

At the center of that organization is Katon Dawson, a former state GOP chair who nearly became the national chair in 2009. Dawson originally was aligned with Newt Gingrich, but jumped ship when the former Speaker appeared to lose interest in his own campaign.

If Dawson has any regrets about abandoning Gingrich—who is well ahead of Perry in the latest polling — he is hiding them well. If anything, he seems emboldened by Perry’s chances.

“People are taking another look at Gov. Perry,” said Dawson. “I’m encouraged by what I’ve seen on the ground.”

Both Dawson and David Wilkins, another notable Perry backer, believe that much of the Republican base is still undecided. Recent poll numbers bear their belief out. The numbers present a real opportunity for Perry given his strong presence in the state, a presence that allowed him to outpace the rest of the field in third quarter fundraising.

Wilkins believes all the undecided voters in the base are the reason there has been such volatility in polling numbers. “That’s I think it’s an indication that many voters have not yet settled on a candidate,” he said.

Some thought Perry lost some of the momentum he recovered recently with a controversial commercial that linked gays in the military to school prayer. It spawned a backlash that led to dozens of unflattering spoofs. The ratio of people who dislike the ad to those who liked it is better than 30 to 1.

Dawson, however, found the ad effective. “Governor Perry believes the military should not be used for political purposes,” he said. “That was the point of the commercial.”

Despite all the tumult, Dawson believes the party will unite behind whoever ends up being the nominee, “The desire to replace the person who is in the White House will override whatever divisions there are in the Republican Party,” he said.

Dawson is confident that Perry’s organization in South Carolina, where he has 13 employees, will ultimately be the difference between him and the other contenders.

Wilkins, a former state Speaker of the House and Ambassador to Canada who worked on the Bush campaign in 2000, said that race was very different from this one in that a frontrunner was established early on.

“There just is a lot of jockeying around compared to back then,” Wilkins said. “There have been people at 18 and 20 percent at different points, but nobody up in the 35-40 percent area. “It seems like whoever moves up gets put in the firing line and falls back.”

Nevertheless, Wilkins believes that crunch time, as it were, has arrived. “The race has been fluctuating every week but voters will really start tuning in after Christmas,” he said.

Which means the very unpredictability that hurt Perry in the fall could end up helping him when it matters most.

[sockmonkey]

In before the Perry Bashers, and keyword Spammers..
Go, Rick Go..
Pro life, and absolutely, positively the strongest candidate on the 2nd amendment, and State’s Rights.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Perry’s conservative, small government bona fides are solid.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2823665/posts

And he’s moving the numbers into his column.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2823677/posts

Another Perry endorsement OpEd.

[varina davis]

A Rick and Anita Perry first family would certainly make 2012 prospects a lot brighter.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Imagine the relief and the confidence we would get back.

[JSDude1]

Screw Perry, he’s not a conservative.

[LomanBill]

"Perry's SC Organization Could Be Key to Resurgence"

 

Then again, maybe not...

 

[A free market government has a vested interest in encouraging local enterprise;

--A.Perrywinkler]

 

swin·dle (swndl)

v. swin·dled, swin·dling, swin·dles

v.tr.

1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.

2. To obtain by fraudulent means: swindled money from the company.

v.intr.

To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.

n.

The act or an instance of swindling.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/swindler

 

 

Mozilo's Countrywide had been the first to embrace the homeownership push back in 1995 and had therefore become

a central player in Clinton's public-private partnership.

 

And since 1998, Countrywide had also become crucial to the fortunes of Fannie Mae, and the personal wealth of Fannie employees who received special mortgage deals from the lender...
--Reckless Endangerrment; pg 182

 

"Angelo Mozilo, thank you"

--Governor Ricar(D)o Perry

--Tuesday, December 14, 2004

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10202/

 

How's BoA's "resurgence" progressing these days thanks to

Ricar(D)o's and Comrade Clintoon's "Public-Private Partnership", hmmm?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You need to improve your vocabulary.

And Gov. Rick Perry is a conservative. Always has been. Always will be. Trust.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

You’ve become a Perry-thread troll. Why not just go over to your precious DU where you belong?

[Theodore R.]

I still think Santorum, with less baggage, is less likely to embarrass us in 2012 if were were to become the longest of long-shot nominees.

[Theodore R.]

Sorry, but R. Perry doesn’t impress me though I have voted for him six times on general election ballots. I prefer the other Rick — Santorum — this year. I wish others were so inclined.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Santorum is a nice man with good morals (like Perry) but unlike Perry, he is not leadership material.

I’d rather the man who makes an occasional gaffe to the man who doesn’t not have the trust or confidence of the electorate to stand steady.

[LomanBill]

 

 

Mozilo's Countrywide had been the first to embrace the homeownership push back in 1995 and had therefore become a central player in Clinton's public-private partnership. 
And since 1998, Countrywide had also become crucial to the fortunes of Fannie Mae, and the personal wealth of Fannie employees who received special mortgage deals from the lender...
--Reckless Endangerrment; pg 182

"Angelo Mozilo, thank you"

--Governor Ricar(D)o Perry

--Tuesday, December 14, 2004

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10202/

 

 

[Irish Eyes]

To: EternalVigilance
http://www.lifeandlibertyreport.com/5/post/2011/12/how-polling-works-on-republican-primary-voters.html

Thanks EternalVigilance !! That link is amazing and gives a really good lesson....sheep

:)

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from another thread...loved the video

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