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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Defends Pension Pay
Texas Governor Rick Perry’s bus tour of Iowa is back on the road. While the governor is using the stops to reconnect with Iowa voters in an effort to climb back into the top tier of the Republican field, he had to spend time explaining to reporters why he moved to boost his own take on pay almost...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry ‘Retires’ To Boost Pension Pay
Gov. Rick Perry has done something his opponents have been hoping he’d do for years: retire. But it’s not what the governor’s detractors had in mind.
Perry officially retired in January so he could start collecting his lucrative pension benefits early, but he still gets to collect his...
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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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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Perry Bus Tour Rolls Through First Day
Texas Gov. Rick Perry kicked off a bus tour of Iowa today. The two-and-a-half-week trip will make more than 40 stops in an effort to rejuvenate a campaign that has been down in the polls for several weeks.
At his first stop, Perry emerged from the bus, with “Faith, Jobs and Freedom” written...
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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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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Perry Hitting the Road on Iowa Bus Tou...
There are three weeks to go until the Iowa Caucus, the first election in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. Governor Rick Perry is trying to win over some voters before th…...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
All Aboard the Perry Express
Voters in Iowa are running out of time for browsing the candidates as the Jan. 3 caucuses draw ever closer. Gov. Rick Perry is hoping to give them another good look as he tours the state on an old-fashioned bus tour. Over the next three weeks, Perry will work to win over Iowans and keep his...
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Parties Agree to Unified April Primary
A deal was reached between the two major political parties on when to hold Texas’ primary election, while federal courts determine the final boundaries for legislative and congressional districts. But the agreement means Texas will give up its status as a “Super Tuesday” primary state in...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News
Political Parties Agree to April 3 Pri...
Texas Democrats and Republicans agreed to hold unified primary elections on April 3, avoiding the costs and confusion brought on by litigation over new political maps for congressional and legislative districts.
The agreement moves all of the March 6 primaries — including the one for president...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Perry is Texas Monthly’s Bum Ste...
Oops, they did it again.
For only the second time in its history, Texas Monthly has named a Texas governor its Bum Steer of the Year. The first was Dolph Briscoe, who earned the distinction, if you can call it that, back in 1976. This year, Gov. Rick Perry takes the (booby) prize, thanks to a...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
On the Road: Rick Perry’s Bus To...
Sixteen days will determine Rick Perry's fate in the Iowa Caucus. The Perry campaign will make close to 50 campaign stops during a barnstorming bus tour across Iowa. It looks like the tour ends January 3, although the last three days have several "to be determined" listings.
There are twelve...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
In New Ad, Perry Touts Truth-Telling
In his latest ad, set to air beginning today in Iowa, Rick Perry decries the unwillingness of Washington insiders to tell "politically correct" truths — like calling the lobbying activities of former congressmen a form of "legal corruption."...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Rick Perry’s Final Days in Iowa
It’s three weeks until the Iowa Caucus, the 1st election in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. In an effort to turn his recent fortunes around here, Texas Governor Rick Perry is set to embark on at 16-day bus tour of the state.
The caucuses are a different beast from primaries in...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Hoping for a Second Chance in Io...
With just over three weeks until the Iowa Caucuses, Republican presidential hopefuls have begun their final push to win the Hawkeye state. Texas Governor Rick Perry will use the time in hopes of convincing Iowans to give his candidacy a 2nd look.
He kicked off his “2nd Look” effort with a...
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