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Rick Perry: The Presidential Candidate Ahead of His Time
National Journal ^

Posted on 03/21/2013 9:42:09 AM PDT by Perdogg

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s 2012 presidential campaign was a slow-motion train wreck, capped off by his embarrassing brain freeze in a nationally televised debate. But as Perry mulls another presidential race in 2016, it’s striking that he was campaigning on many of the reforms that Republican Party leaders are now desperately pushing.

Republicans have spent the past several months figuring out how to win over more Hispanic voters, moderating their tone on immigration, pitching education reform as a significant issue, and they have reaped the political benefits of challenging President Obama on balancing budgets and reforming entitlements. On all those counts, Perry was a candidate ahead of his time.

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1 posted on 03/21/2013 9:42:09 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: shield

ping


2 posted on 03/21/2013 9:42:35 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz is my adoptive Senator)
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To: Perdogg

If Perry hadn’t of been the worst debater in presidential history, he would be president right now, and there’s a good chance Palin would have been his VP


3 posted on 03/21/2013 9:45:23 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

IBTPH


4 posted on 03/21/2013 9:47:00 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Perdogg
figuring out how to win over more Hispanic voters, moderating their tone on immigration, pitching education reform

Pander
Pander
Why not just kill the Dept of Ed?

I liked Perry well enough in the campaign, but the media will never let him forget the brain freeze. He's done. Finished at the national level -- why waste time on him?

And politicians have to give up on pandering: decide on your principles and then sell those principles.(HINT: Moderating your tone on immigration does not qualify as a principle.)

5 posted on 03/21/2013 9:47:08 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: Perdogg

I expect several of the retreads from the 2012 primaries to jump in and see how they do.

They were, after all, such a stellar group. [/s]

Santorum is hinting.

Huckabee is hinting.

JebB is hinting.

Ryan is hinting.

Paul is hinting (and not to subtly).

Rubio is hinting.

Christie is hinting.

Carson is hinting.

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Every cycle, we seem to start out with a dozen to a dozen-and-a-half of wannabes.

Too bad that none of the names that have ‘hinted’ so far for 2016 are very stellar candidates.


6 posted on 03/21/2013 9:48:27 AM PDT by TomGuy
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7 posted on 03/21/2013 9:49:08 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Perdogg

Perry is a proven loser.

Next?


8 posted on 03/21/2013 9:51:33 AM PDT by MeganC (The left have so twisted public perceptions that the truth now appears pornographic.- SpaceBar)
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To: Perdogg

Perry talks a good game, but some things he has done concerning the trans texas corridor worry the hell outta me...


9 posted on 03/21/2013 9:54:14 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Perdogg

His heart is in the right place, but his head keeps going out to lunch.


10 posted on 03/21/2013 9:57:00 AM PDT by zigzagzoom
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To: Perdogg

Another has-been/never-will-be.


11 posted on 03/21/2013 9:59:28 AM PDT by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: TomGuy

LOSER TRAIN...ALL ABOARD! Choo choo.


12 posted on 03/21/2013 10:00:05 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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“Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s 2012 presidential campaign was a slow-motion train wreck...:

After almost 200 years of railroads in America and countless train wrecks, you would think that train wreaks would have have a bit more respect than to endure a comparison to the Rick Perry 2012 campaign.


13 posted on 03/21/2013 10:03:38 AM PDT by OKRA2012
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To: TexasFreeper2009
If Perry hadn’t of been the worst debater in presidential history

This part is definitely true. Perry is terrific on most issues. It's a shame he was such a poor debater last time around. Maybe a little too Texan for the country right now too? I actually kind of hope he gives it another shot in 2016. I would be open to supporting him if he significantly improves his debate performances.

and there’s a good chance Palin would have been his VP

No, there was no chance of that. Palin already ran as a VP candidate once, she won't be doing it again. If she runs for office, it would be at the top of the ticket. I don't think that will happen either.

14 posted on 03/21/2013 10:07:53 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Perdogg

Anyone advocating amnesty is a no for me.


15 posted on 03/21/2013 10:15:38 AM PDT by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: GraceG
It's not just the Trans Texas Corridor debacle. Perry has a rich history as a nanny stater, pushing bad farm loans and engaging in corporate crony subsidizing- not to mention his soft heart for illegals.

On a more encouraging note, Tom Pauken just announced his run for Governor to unseat this fraud...so there's hope yet.

16 posted on 03/21/2013 10:17:05 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Mi-kha-el

The question I have been asking on other threads, without a lot of response is, if the new definition of Amnesty is not 100% deportation or mass deportation, who then is an acceptable and viable candidate to run in 2016? Tom Tancredo is not going to be elected President.


17 posted on 03/21/2013 10:20:58 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz is my adoptive Senator)
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To: Perdogg

I don’t care who runs or does not run. It is up to individual voters who to vote for. I am about to become a citizen and have been through legal immigration hell. I cannot bring myself to voting for those who want to award people with citizenship for breaking the US laws. I hold my American citizenship too close to my heart.


18 posted on 03/21/2013 10:27:07 AM PDT by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: Perdogg

I knew that all along.


19 posted on 03/21/2013 10:27:28 AM PDT by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: Perdogg

Rick is not the answer. He is a NWO sleeper cell.


20 posted on 03/21/2013 10:39:05 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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