2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Debates, Issues, News, Rick PerryPerry Moves on to South CarolinaNew 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 morning NBC/Facebook debate on Meet the Press. And even though his eyes were focused on South Carolina, he did leave Granite state Republicans with a reminder of his support for non-union jobs.
“I’m a right-to-work guy. I come from a right-to-work state," Perry told the crowd in Concord, "and I’ll tell ya if New Hampshire wants to become the magnet for job creation in the Northeast, you pass that right-to-work legislation in this state.”... |
2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
True or False: Rick Perry, George Will
Texas Governor Rick Perry has not said if he will run for president, but there’s no end to speculation.
Conservative pundit George Will uncorked a look at Perry the other day in The Washington Post. His piece also appeared in the Austin-American Statesman, where Gardner Selby of PolitiFact...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Mexican Citizen on Death Row Appeals S...
Lawyers for a Mexican citizen on death row in Texas are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution. They say carrying out his sentence next week would violate an international treaty.
Humberto Leal was convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl in 1994. But he was not made...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Rick Perry Says Voters Want More Optio...
Gov. Rick Perry, in New York for a speech that’s fueling speculation about a possible run for the White House, said Tuesday that voters seem hungry for more candidates to pick from in the presidential contest.
Perry is still undecided about his own prospects, but the explosion of interest in...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Key Perry Advisors Quit Gingrich Campa...
Two members of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign have resigned. The two also happen to be key advisors to Texas Governor Rick Perry. This has led to renewed speculation that Mr. Perry is on the verge of announcing a Presidential bid. Jim Henson, with UT-Austin's Texas Politics Project, says the...
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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
Texas lawmakers have landed up in a special session. But in national politics it’s a different story.
KUT’s Emily Donahue sat down this week with Garner Selby of the Statesman’s Politifact Texas.
This week, Politifact traveled away from Texas and looked into presidential politics and...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Perry for President? A Study in Politi...
Governor Rick Perry teased voters over a possible run in the 2012 GOP Presidential primary some more Friday during a legislative press conference. But this latest indication that Perry could run, a few words that set off a storm of speculation on the internet, can be seen as part of an...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry, Texas Political Parlor
Will Rick Perry Run?
Rick Perry made history last November, becoming the first person elected to three four-year terms as governor. Now there's speculation that he'd like to make more history, like becoming the second consecutive Texas governor to be elected President of the United States.
Nothing's etched in stone,...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Texas Legislature Ends
The Texas Legislature has left town. The House and Senate finished up the work needed to balance the state budget on Monday. But while senators adjourned for good Tuesday, the House came back to work on the session's final day.
The House wanted to pass a judiciary bill, which they quickly did,...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Gov. Perry Releases Video Invitation t...
Governor Perry has posted a video invitation to his summer prayer and fasting rally in Houston. The all-day event is scheduled for August 6 at Reliant Stadium.
“As an elected leader, I’m all too aware of government’s limitations when it comes to fixing things that are spiritual in...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry, Texas Political Parlor
Rick’s Road Show
The name "Rick Perry" is coming up more often among those trying to handicap next year's race to be the Republican presidential nominee. He still says he's only thinking about it, but a speaking tour next week is throwing more kerosene onto the Perry for President fire.
The governor speaks...
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Tribcast: The Response to “The R...
The speculation on whether Texas governor Rick Perry will run for President got some added fuel this week.
On this week's KUT/Texas Tribune Tribcast, Evan Smith, Emily Ramshaw, Reeve Hamilton and Ben Philpott talk about the governor's latest foray into the national spotlight: an event called...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Perry Vetoes Bill that Would Have Boos...
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed legislation aimed at collecting more tax from online sales in Texas. The bill would have tightened rules on when online vendors must charge sales tax in the state. Under the proposed rules, retailers who maintain distribution centers in Texas would have had to...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Perry To Consider Presidential Bid
Rick Perry said today that he will consider a 2012 run for President after the Texas legislative session ends. He told reporters of his plans during a signing ceremony for Texas' new Voter ID Bill, recently passed by the state legislature,
2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Abortion Sonogram Bill Passes, Perry E...
Emily Ramshaw reports in the Texas Tribune that House lawmakers have sent the controversial abortion sonogram bill to the governor's desk — after a last-ditch effort by disability rights advocates to change language they called highly offensive.
The bill, which requires women seeking abortions...
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