2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News

Paul Propels Past Iowa

January 4, 2012 5:00 am by: Matt Largey

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Congressman Ron Paul had a good night in Iowa. Now he's looking to move that momentum to New Hampshire for that state's primary on January 10. But he has a lot of ground to make up, despite a third-place finish Tuesday night....
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Perry Seeks To Revive Sagging Numbers

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Perry Seeks To Revive Sagging Numbers

Rick Perry’s presidential campaign has reshuffled its staff over the last couple of weeks, including its top advisors. The goal is to stop the bleeding and revive a candidate who has stumbled from front-runner to fourth place in many polls. We all know the story by now: Rick Perry jumps in to...
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Perry Discusses Iowa Industry

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Perry Discusses Iowa Industry

Texas Governor Rick Perry and four other Republican presidential hopefuls were in Iowa today to answer questions about how they would turn around the country's manufacturing industry. The event, sponsored by Iowa Public Television, gave each candidate 15 minutes to lay out their plan and take...
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How Perry’s Pitch Plays at Home

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How Perry’s Pitch Plays at Home

In the second set of results, a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll finds that Gov. Rick Perry's campaign theme of creating jobs in Texas is falling flat...in Texas. The poll of likely voters in next March's Republican primary found that almost two-thirds of respondents gave more credit to...
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Poll Puts Cain, Perry in Virtual Dead Heat

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry

Poll Puts Cain, Perry in Virtual Dead ...

Herman Cain and Rick Perry are in a statistical dead heat among Texas voters who say they’ll cast ballots in the Republican primary next spring. A new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll of 400 likely voters put Cain at 27 percent, one point ahead of Governor Perry. UT Government Professor...
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Checking Paul on Attack Claims

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Checking Paul on Attack Claims

Statements by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson,have drawn plenty of attention since the Austin American-Statesman's PolitiFact Texas launched in 2007. KUT News’ Nathan Bernier talked with the Statesman's Gardner Selby about some of the GOP presidential hopeful's statements, including one that...
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Will Success Spoil the Texas GOP?

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Will Success Spoil the Texas GOP?

Texas Democrats have not been a force to be reckoned with during Rick Perry’s ten years serving as governor. In fact, the Democrats have failed to win a statewide election since before the turn of the century. According to an op-ed in the November issue of Texas Monthly, that may be bad news for...
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Perry, Romney Get Heated Over Immigration

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, News, Rick Perry

Perry, Romney Get Heated Over Immigrat...

Texas Governor Rick Perry appeared to have turned in his strongest debate performance of his Presidential campaign last night in Las Vegas. Instead of defending his record as governor -- Perry went on the offensive against his chief opponent Mitt Romney. Governor Perry spent the first 30 minutes...
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Undecided, Dewhurst Lead Senate Race

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Undecided, Dewhurst Lead Senate Race

The Republican presidential primary has been getting a lot of attention, but that’s not the only national race on the ballot in March. The UT/Texas Tribune opinion poll also tested the race to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate. So far, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is clearly in the lead,...
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City, Occupy Austin Keep Talking

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City, Occupy Austin Keep Talking

City leaders and organizers of the Occupy Austin protest met for about two hours yesterday to discuss the 45 arrests on Austin’s City Hall plaza over the weekend. Both sides said the tone of the meeting was positive and cooperative. Assistant City Manager Michael McDonald told KUT News...
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Judges Take Close Look at Redistricting

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Judges Take Close Look at Redistrictin...

A panel of three federal judges in San Antonio is taking up maps drawn by the Texas Legislature for new Texas House and Congressional districts. The plans have drawn criticism for possibly being unfair to minority voters. With deadlines looming, though, judges wonder if there’s enough time to...
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Gov. Perry May Skip Some Debates

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, News, Rick Perry

Gov. Perry May Skip Some Debates

Texas Governor Rick Perry is taking steep drops in the latest opinion polls taken in key early primary states. The Perry campaign has indicated that the governor may not participate in some upcoming GOP presidential debates. "There is a potential glut of debates ahead after one on November 9th...
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Perry Floats Private Social Security Option

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Perry Floats Private Social Security O...

When Texas Governor Rick Perry rolled out his plan to cut taxes and shrink the federal budget, he also listed 5 new principles on how to fix Social Security. One of those was to allow states and local governments the ability to opt out of the program and come up with a local private system. In...
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Balancing Budget Tough Act to Copy

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Balancing Budget Tough Act to Copy

Gov. Rick Perry will release more details of his jobs and economic plan at a speech today in South Carolina. One part of the plan is expected to focus on passing a constitutional amendment requiring Congress to balance the nation’s budget. Texas has a constitutional requirement for a...
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Perry to Debate in Las Vegas

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Perry to Debate in Las Vegas

Governor Rick Perry will take the stage with his GOP presidential rivals for a debate in Las Vegas tonight. Political watchers are waiting to see if Perry will use this debate to try to make a comeback. He's had poor debate performances, sagging poll numbers and is losing some support to...
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