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

Perry Talks to South Carolina Voters in New Hampshire Debate

January 8, 2012 5:00 am by: Ben Philpott

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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 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 only outsider, with the possible exception of Jon Huntsman, who has not been part of the problem in Washington, D.C., the insiders in Washington, D.C."...
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Perry Touts His “Four Principles” in Iowa

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

Perry Touts His “Four Principles...

By Ben Philpott, KUT News and Texas Tribune Texas Governor Rick Perry returns to Austin tonight, after two days of campaigning in Iowa. While there, Perry focused his message on jobs and touted his record of job creation in Texas. Job numbers out today for Texas show the state lost 1,300 jobs...
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Flashback: Perry’s HPV Vaccine Mandate Provoked Anger

2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Flashback: Perry’s HPV Vaccine M...

The most dramatic moment of the GOP debate in Florida last Monday revolved around Gov. Rick Perry and his 2007 executive order mandating that all 11- and 12-year-old girls in Texas get the HPV vaccine. The human papillomavirus vaccine protects women and teens against a sexually transmitted disease...
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Perry Donor’s Radioactive Waste Site Deal Scrutinized

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Perry Donor’s Radioactive Waste ...

Presidential candidate Rick Perry's ties to campaign donors came under more scrutiny this week when he was challenged during Monday's Tea Party debate. Perry defended taking a contribution...
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Perry’s Death Penalty Record Likely Won’t Move Voters

2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Perry’s Death Penalty Record Lik...

On Thursday, the state of Texas is scheduled to execute its eleventh death row inmate this year. Duane Buck was convicted of killing Debra Gardner and Kenneth Butler in 1995. Buck’s lawyers have asked for a new sentencing hearing, citing racially-biased testimony in his original...
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In Boston, Perry Accuses Opponents of “Sounding Like Liberals”

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In Boston, Perry Accuses Opponents of ...

Gov. Rick Perry fired back at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, his top GOP opponent, on Romney's home turf on Tuesday night, speaking at a banquet for the conservative think-tank The Pioneer Institute. Without naming names, Perry — clearly speaking about Romney — said other candidates...
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Fact Checking Hightower’s Claim on Perry and the Forest Service

2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Fact Checking Hightower’s Claim ...

In this week’s Politfact Texas, Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman talks to KUT's Emily Donahue about a claim made by former Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower. » read more
Texplainer: Can Texas Use the Rainy Day Fund to Fight Wildfires?

2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Texplainer: Can Texas Use the Rainy Da...

Hey Texplainer: Why doesn’t Rick Perry use money from the state's Rainy Day Fund to help fight the wildfires and assist folks who have lost their homes? Earlier this year, Gov. Rick Perry lead the fight to prevent the state's Rainy Day Fund from being used to help fill the state's enormous...
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Poll: Perry’s Ponzi Scheme Stance OK With Many Republicans

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

Poll: Perry’s Ponzi Scheme Stanc...

By Frank James, NPR If Texas Gov. Rick Perry is going to have problems with Republican voters over an issue, it apparently isn't going to be his controversial use of the phrase "Ponzi scheme" to describe Social Security. A new USA Today/Gallup poll found that 43 percent of Republicans were...
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Texas Execution Put On Hold By Supreme Court

2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Texas Execution Put On Hold By Supreme...

By Mark Memmott, NPR Duane Buck, "a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago was at least temporarily spared from lethal injection" on Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to "his lawyers' claims that race played an improper role in his sentencing," The Associated...
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Perry’s HPV Vaccine Record Exposes Confusing Inconsistencies

2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry

Perry’s HPV Vaccine Record Expos...

If nothing else, the controversy over Texas Gov. Rick Perry's mandating the use of the human papillomavirus vaccine in 12-year old girls, demonstrates the pronounced contradictions in his professed...
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Perry Courts Virginia Conservatives

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry

Perry Courts Virginia Conservatives

Texas Governor Rick Perry is making the rounds of Iowa Republicans tonight and Friday. Just a day after making his pitch to conservatives in Virginia. The governor made a key hire in advance of the visit : the former U.S. attorney for the southern district of Iowa - and a one-time staffer of former...
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At Liberty, Perry Preaches to Christian Right

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At Liberty, Perry Preaches to Christia...

By Emily Ramshaw, Texas Tribune
Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent Wednesday morning preaching to the choir. To uproarious cheers in...
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Perry Takes His Lumps in Tampa

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Perry Takes His Lumps in Tampa

Governor Rick Perry started the week with another poll showing him at the head of the crowded GOP Presidential pack. But staying there may be harder than he expected. Monday’s debate in Tampa, Florida could have been tailor-made for Governor Perry. He was appearing in front of a crowd of Tea...
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Governor Perry No Show at Recent Wildfire Update

2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry

Governor Perry No Show at Recent Wildf...

During Hurricanes Rita, then Ike, and Tropical Storm Hermine, Governor Rick Perry has appeared authoritative, directing state agencies with quick, calm action. "We pre-positioned the largest search and rescue operation in the history of the State of Texas in advance of the storm. There are...
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