Rick Perry’s breakout moment?

The Washington Post's Right Turn Blog ^ | February 5, 2015 | Jennifer Rubin, Queen of the Neocons

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Post reports:

Former Texas governor Rick Perry on Thursday will announce that he has recruited more than 80 major donors, including some of the biggest bundlers in Republican politics, to aid his efforts as he prepares for a likely 2016 presidential campaign.

Perry’s list of supporters is heavy with wealthy Texans, including many energy executives, investors or other business leaders who have backed his previous campaigns, such as his unsuccessful 2012 presidential run. The Rick PAC Advisory Board also features bigwigs in California, New York, Florida, Illinois and other donor-rich states, as well as more than a dozen donors who made five- or six-figure contributions in 2012 to Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign, his super PAC or both, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

For example, Kyle Bass, a major hedge-fund founder, Dan Brouillette, a senior executive at Texas-based USAA, and Dan Allen Hughes, founder of his own company, made major contributions to Romney’s 2012 campaign or PAC....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Former Governor John Connally had plenty of cash back in 1980. Remind me how that turned out?

[Servant of the Cross]

If Jennifer Rubin ... Queen of the mushy middle ... writes favorably about you ... BEWARE!

[Responsibility2nd]

Go Rick Go.

One of the advantages of have run a FAILED campaign once is that you learn from your mistakes. I have no doubt that Perry will make an impressive showing this time.

[bigbob]

I don’t discount that at all. He’s doing the right things. We all know it’s too early to be able to see any trends, and I still think the 2016 election will not go the way most conservatives would prefer.

[peyton randolph]

“One of the advantages of have run a FAILED campaign once is that you learn from your mistakes.”

*******

Just ask President Romney.

[Wolfie]

I’ve noticed the big donor line-up announcement is one of the first things you hear from candidates. At least they’re not for sale.

[Sam Gamgee]

Will never forgive him for trying to push Gardisil.

He is also very weak on immigration.

[TADSLOS]

Rick Perry’s taxpayer $1 Billion funded ETF/TEF pay to play crony capitalist crowd. Some of the same names that backed Romney and McCain. Yeah, Rick’s a die hard conservative...LMAO.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Rick has a lot of problems, being a liar among them. Be careful what you wish for.
A couple of election cycles back, he promised - no he swore - that if elected, he would fix the illegals coming into Texas. The week after election he said (basically) “Hey, I’m just a governor. I can’t do anything about that”.

[Night Hides Not]

Governor Goodhair will never be known as President Goodhair.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I attended his speech at my college. The man put the “tool” in tool.

[txhurl]

Waiting for the Walker supporters to come out and bash Perry on immigration... 4..3..2..1.

[Responsibility2nd]

Yeah, but Mittens said that he didn’t want to run. Was pushed into it. So he basically ran a half-assed campaign.

And it was successful. As far as half-assed campaigns go.

[deport]

Don’t know about an impressive showing but seems that Perry has got some
big money already being lined up against him.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3254292/posts
Jeb Bush lays out plans for 60 fundraisers for 2016 bid ^

Bush operatives who joined the former Florida governor at the afternoon event announced
that 60 events in cities across the country have been scheduled to raise money for his
federal leadership political action committee, which can accept money only in limited
amounts, and his super PAC, which can accept checks in unlimited amounts.

[Responsibility2nd]

At least he manned up and admitted Gardasil was a mistake.

And face it. ALL our candidates will be weak on immigration. As far as we hardcore FReepers define it.

Even Ted Cruz will offer a path.

[Sacajaweau]

You mean ask Ronald Reagan...

[Sybeck1]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/08/26/reports-rick-perry-aligns-himself-with-steve-schmidt-henry-barbour/

I want to know about him aligning with Steve Schmidt and Henry Barbour

[Bidimus1]

One of the advantages of have run a FAILED campaign once is that you learn from your mistakes.”

Or Regan (1976)

[ExTxMarine]

Just ask President Romney.

President Romney's problem is that he DIDN'T learn and continued to be the liberal, mushy, soft-sell Republican that lost before. Most of his ideas were bad before, and still are bad!

Just because Obama has dragged us further into Socialism (which is the same direction Romney was pulling us), doesn't mean that the Republican base wants to join either of them!

[libstripper]

I’m a Walker backer, but will not attack either Perry or Cruz. Any one of those men would make a fine president. On balance, because of his great fights and successes against radical DemonCraps, I’ m for Walker, but the other two are great backups if Walker flames out.