January 4, 2012 4:30 pm by: Emily Donahue
Gov. Rick Perry may find the upcoming South Carolina primary more accommodating than Iowa was. Photo courtesy David Smith at http://www.flickr.com/photos/diamondduste/
This morning, Texas Gov. Rick Perry was planning a return to Austin; by noon he was still in the race. KUT’s Emily Donahue spoke with Evan Smith, CEO and editor of KUT’s political reporting partner the Texas Tribune, about what’s behind the confusing messaging from Perry’s campaign....
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Gov. Rick Perry is continuing with his bid for the GOP presidential nomination, despite a fifth place finish in last night’s Iowa caucuses. If you read it in the papers or heard it on the radio this morning, it seemed Perry was a dead man walking. He said last night he would come back to Texas to “reassess” his candidacy. That reassessment didn’t take long....
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By Mark Memmott, NPR
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, the first major candidate to drop out of the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has endorsed his one-time rival Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.
During his brief run for the GOP nomination, Pawlenty...
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By Emily Ramshaw & Julian Aguilar, Texas Tribune.
The conservative pundit Ann Coulter has called Gov. Rick Perry “a little bit too much like George Bush” on immigration — and she doesn't mean it as a compliment. Tea Party loyalists have decried Perry’s opposition to a border fence and...
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By John Burnett, NPR
Rick Perry heats up the atmosphere every time he talks about climate change. He's an avowed global warming doubter who once quipped, "The biggest source of carbon dioxide is Al Gore's mouth."
Perry set off the debate again in New Hampshire recently when he said, "I...
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By
Liz Halloran, NPR
If the wildfires in his home state don't change his plans, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is scheduled to make his national debut Wednesday in his first debate with seven fellow candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential...
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By Ben Adler
Ben Adler reports on Republican and conservative politics and media for The Nation
as a contributing writer.
As soon as Gallup released a
poll...
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Governor Rick Perry passed up a chance to speak to voters at a Tea Party event in South Carolina Monday - to deal with the wildfires burning in Texas.
"Well it's as good a reason as a candidate could have," UT-Austin government professor Bruce Buchanan said, "because it's a chance for him to...
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By Emily Ramshaw and Jay Root
Texas Tribune
With wildfires raging outside of Austin, Gov. Rick Perry is leaving the campaign trail to return to his home state, the governor's office confirmed this morning.
“The wildfire situation in Texas is severe and all necessary state resources are...
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by Emily Ramshaw, Texas Tribune
On the heels of a GOP debate where he reasserted his controversial belief that Social Security is a “monstrous lie” and a “Ponzi scheme,” Gov. Rick Perry heads today to Florida, a big state, rich in delegates, with a key early primary — and home to many...
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As expected, Governor Rick Perry and his record in Texas were the focus of last night’s GOP presidential debate in California. But, in what may become the running theme of the republican battle, East very quickly faced off against West.
Right out of the gate, Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt...
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Rick Perry will introduce himself to Republican voters across the country tonight in his first presidential primary debate. It will also the first chance for his GOP opponents to go on the attack and try to slow the momentum the Texas governor has gained since he entered the race in...
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By Erica Grieder
Erica Grieder is the southwest correspondent for The Economist
, based in Austin, Texas.
A not insignificant portion of the national political establishment—consisting of panicky Democrats and Republicans alike—is hoping that Rick Perry's commanding lead...
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The Central Texas wildfires could prove to be political tinder, too.
Governor Rick Perry has chided federal agencies for being too slow to respond in a disaster.
"One of the problems we've historically had, when we're making requests for federal assets, and I'm talking about [the Department...
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Governor Rick Perry skipped a high-profile Tea Party forum in South Carolina to fly back to Central Texas as wildfires scorch thousands of acres.
“It was a surreal experience today,” Perry said at a news conference with emergency management officials at the Bastrop Convention Center. “I...
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by
Brandi Grissom
As Gov.
Rick Perry touts his tough-on-crime policies on the national political stage, the case of
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