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2012 Presidential Campaign, Debates, Issues, News, Rick PerryPerry Talks to South Carolina Voters in New Hampshire DebateTexas 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 State. So he used the debate as a campaign message to South Carolina. He spent much of the night using his place at the back-of-the pack to highlight what he called his outsider status among GOP candidates. And Highlighting the squabbles between frontrunners Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.
“I think you've just seen a great example of why I got in this race," Perry said after a long back and forth battle between the three top candidates, "because I happen to think that I'm the... |
Issues, News
Occupy Austin Feels Growing Pains
Dozens of Occupy Austin protestors were arrested Sunday morning, most on trespassing charges for violating a city rule for distributing food after 10 p.m. on the city hall plaza. That marked the first significant round of arrests sincethe Occupy Austin movement started outside City Hall nearly a...
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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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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Unveils Domestic Energy Plan
Governor Rick Perry unveiled his domestic energy plan Friday morning at a steel plant near Pittsburgh. The Republican presidential hopeful claimed his plan would create more than a million jobs in America, if he were to be elected president.
The proposal has been called a "drill-baby-drill...
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Occupy Austin One Week Old
The Occupy Austin protests are a week old Thursday, and protesters say they may be there for months to come. The Occupy Austin movement is one of several that grew out of the Occupy Wall Street Protests in New York.
About 200 people are gathering daily at Austin City Hall. Four Occupy Austin...
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Issues, News
Will Texas Mapping Fight Create Electo...
The redrawing of political district lines — which ideally happens just once a decade after a federal census — could create a series of crazy election cycles for Texas voters and candidates.
It happened in the 1990s. And it could happen again now, with federal judges in Washington and San...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News
Tea Party Attacks Student Loan Prop
By David Martin Davies, Texas Public Radio
What was expected to be a routine vote on a state proposition to extend a low interest student loan program may have run into a political buzz-saw called the Texas Tea Party.
On November 8, Texans will be asked...
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Issues, News
Occupy Austin Protestors Gather At Cit...
Dozens of demonstrators have gathered outside city hall today as part of an emerging social movement inspired by an encampment set up three weeks ago on Wall Street in New York City. Occupy Austin protestors are taking turns speaking their minds on issues generally related to the rich-poor divide...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
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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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
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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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Keeps Focus on Energy
Gov. Rick Perry is set to unveil his jobs plan today, and it’s likely to be strongly tied to U.S. energy production. Perry’s national energy priorities may be illuminated by his handling of energy policy in Texas.
Perry has had the energy industry at the front of his mind several times in...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Debates, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Weighing Perry Debate Claims
Gov. Rick Perry took a few hits in the Republican presidential debate this week. KUT News’ Emily Donahue and Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman fact-check the claims and counterclaims.
It’s also been repeated for years that Perry was a Texas leader of...
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Social Movements Expert on Occupy Aust...
Occupy Austin protestors spent a second day outside city hall today to express their grievances about issues ranging from socioeconomic stratification to the role of money in the...
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‘Occupy’ Protest Takes Ove...
The Occupy Wall Street protests have spread from New York City to Austin. About 150 Occupy Austin protesters pumped their fists and raised hand-drawn signs condemning Wall Street greed at this morning’s protest at City Hall.
Cars driving along Cesar Chavez St. honked in support.
David Van...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
No Details Yet From Perry on Jobs
The next big moment in the Republican presidential campaign is Tuesday’s debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, focusing on the U.S. economy. Gov. Rick Perry touts his economic record in Texas, but his focus on job creation has yet to yield any specifics in his campaign.
Perry's policy...
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