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

How Did Rick Perry Fall?

January 20, 2012 5:00 am by: Ben Philpott

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Now that Texas Governor Rick Perry has exited the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, people may wonder what happened to his campaign. How did a candidate who joined the race as a frontrunner fall so far? For many people, the fall of the Perry campaign hinged on the governor’s performance in the onslaught of GOP debates. From his "heartless" comment on illegal immigration, to questioning the allegiances of Turkey's government, and of course his famous "oops moment" when he forgot he wanted to eliminate the Department of Energy....
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Perry Fights For Air at South Carolina Debate

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

Perry Fights For Air at South Carolina...

While most of last night's GOP presidential debate had the top tier candidates fighting amongst each other, Texas Governor Rick Perry was just trying to stay relevant. Just about every time one of the top four candidates took a question, somewhere in the answer there was a slap at one of the other...
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Perry Moves on to South Carolina

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

Perry Moves on to South Carolina

New Hampshire Republicans head to the polls tomorrow to select the candidate they want to run against President Barack Obama in the fall. Texas Governor Rick Perry isn't playing to the New Hampshire crowds. He's already in South Carolina. Governor Perry’s last event in New Hampshire was a Sunday...
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Texas Candidates Make Final Case to Iowa

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

Texas Candidates Make Final Case to Io...

Last night's Fox News Republican debate in Sioux City was billed as a chance for the GOP presidential candidates to give their closing arguments to Iowans. They'll hold the first-in-the-nation nominating contest on January 3rd. The debate came just a day after Governor Rick Perry kicked off his...
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Cold Night, Hot Debate in Iowa

2012 Presidential Campaign, Debates, Rick Perry

Cold Night, Hot Debate in Iowa

If you're every wondering just who the current GOP front runner is...just watch a debate. 6 GOP Presidential hopefuls took the stage for the ABC News debate at Drake University in Des Moines Iowa Saturday night. But it was Newt Gingrich who took the vast majority of punches. ABC moderators...
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New Districts Shuffle Travis County Campaigns

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New Districts Shuffle Travis County Ca...

Lawmakers and hopefuls across the state began filing to run for the 2012 election this week. At the same time, the state continued its battle to change the maps those candidates would use to run for election. When the federal three-judge panel drew the new state House map, it created five...
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Endorsement Renews Immigration Focus

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, Issues, News

Endorsement Renews Immigration Focus

Texas Governor Rick Perry picked up a substantial endorsement when Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Phoenix, Arizona joined him on the campaign trail in New Hampshire. Perry’s dramatic tumble from the top in the GOP primary can be somewhat attributed to what has been called a soft stance on illegal...
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Taking Apart Perry’s Socialism Assertion

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

Taking Apart Perry’s Socialism A...

Gov. Rick Perry refreshed a charge about President Obama in a debate last weekend. Emily Donahue with KUT News spoke with Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman about Perry’s response when he was asked Sunday whether he agreed with Republican Sen. John McCain that...
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Perry Talks to South Carolina Voters in New Hampshire Debate

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

Perry Talks to South Carolina Voters i...

Texas Governor Rick Perry’s appearance at the ABC News debate in New Hampshire was his first public event since announcing he would continue his bid for the Republican Presidential nomination after a dismal 5th place finish in the Iowa caucuses. The Governor is nor trying to win the Granite...
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Romney’s Offer to Bet Perry Examined

2012 Presidential Campaign, Debates, News, Rick Perry

Romney’s Offer to Bet Perry Examined

We’ll bet you $10,000 you’ve heard about Mitt Romney’s offer to bet Gov. Rick Perry. Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman talks with KUT’s Nathan Bernier about the kerfuffle in last weekend’s Repbulican presidential debate, when Romney took issue with...
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Tribcast: The Rick Perry Campaign Collapse Edition

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

Tribcast: The Rick Perry Campaign Coll...

This week on the KUT/ Texas Tribune TribCast, Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Reeve Hamilton, and Ben Philpott talk about the Perry campaign shake-up (or lack thereof), the disappearing incumbents of the Texas House, and the business franchise tax....
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Perry Strategist Slaps Romney in Politico E-book

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

Perry Strategist Slaps Romney in Polit...

Rick Perry's chief strateist, Dave Carney, clearly doesn't think much of once (and future?) GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney. In The Right Fights Back, a just-published inside-the-2012-campaign e-book written by Politico's Mike Allen and former Newsweek writer Evan Thomas, Carney lays...
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Perry is No Bush or Clinton

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

Perry is No Bush or Clinton

In the array of governors who turned to national politics — a collection that includes four of the last six presidents and a horde of contestants who didn’t make it — Rick Perry looks a lot more like Sarah Palin than like George W. Bush. And not just in his politics. Bush went from...
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