2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry

In Quick Turnaround, Perry Headed to South Carolina

January 4, 2012 11:08 am by: KUT Staff

Photo accompanying tweet by Gov. Rick Perry indicating he's pressing on in his GOP presidential bid. Image courtesy Team Rick Perry.Photo accompanying tweet by Gov. Rick Perry indicating he's pressing on in his GOP presidential bid. Image courtesy Team Rick Perry.
Despite a disappointing fifth place finish in Tuesday night's Iowa caucuses that led Rick Perry to say he was returning home to Texas to reassess his candidacy, the Texas governor surprised everyone — including some of his own staff — by tweeting that he was headed to the Palmetto State. ...
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Romney Skips S. Carolina Forum As Perry Courts Evangelicals

2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry

Romney Skips S. Carolina Forum As Perr...

Mitt Romney signaled Wednesday that he doesn't see South Carolina as key to the presidential nomination. His campaign said he won't attend Sen. Jim DeMint's South Carolina Labor Day forum for presidential candidates. A Romney spokesman cited scheduling conflicts. But by not attending the South...
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Rick Perry Hits Fundraising Trail

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Rick Perry Hits Fundraising Trail

Governor Rick Perry is in Austin this week to rest and raise money for the next leg of his presidential campaign. The money will be especially important for Perry, as success in fundraising could cement him as the candidate to beat in the 2012 GOP primaries. There are only five-and-a-half months...
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Paul and Perry Battle in Presidential Race

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Paul and Perry Battle in Presidential ...

Texas has two candidates running for the GOP presidential nomination. It’s the second run in a row for Congressman Ron Paul. He was less than 200 votes away from wining the Iowa straw poll. Governor Rick Perry is a late entry but quickly rose to the top of several polls tracking the GOP...
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An Off-the-Cuff Rick Perry Vaults Into the Headlines

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An Off-the-Cuff Rick Perry Vaults Into...

In his first week as a presidential candidate, Gov. Rick Perry found there are more people than ever who are paid to parse his every word. And he’s making it easy for them. “If this guy prints more money between now and the election,” Perry said of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke...
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Perry Claims Texas Teaches “Creationism”

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Perry Claims Texas Teaches “Crea...

Gov. Rick Perry spent another day campaigning in New Hampshire today. He met voters and toured a local business. At one stop, he told a boy that Texas teaches creationism alongside evolution in public schools – which is actually not true. A 1987 U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibits it. Jay...
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Perry Campaigns in New Hampshire

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Perry Campaigns in New Hampshire

By Jon Greenberg for New Hampshire Public Radio [audio:http://kut.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Greenberg-Perry-Push-MIX.mp3|titles=Perry Generates Interest in New Hampshire] Virtually every major candidate ends up speaking at a Politics and Eggs Breakfast, but few of them ever draw the...
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Perry Campaign Focuses on Three States Early

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Perry Campaign Focuses on Three States...

Gov. Rick Perry is on his way to New Hampshire after spending three days campaigning around Iowa. Then it’s back to South Carolina, the state where Perry made his presidential announcement just last weekend. Jay Root is following the governor on the campaign trail for KUT's political reporting...
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Republicans Yearn For More On The 2012 Presidential Trail

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Republicans Yearn For More On The 2012...

The conservative opinion journal The Weekly Standard reported this week that Paul Ryan has decided "for the final time" that he will not be a candidate for president in 2012. The overtones of disappointment were not just audible, they were deafening. Even though Ryan has repeatedly rebuffed such...
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Poll Shows Perry Tied with Obama

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Poll Shows Perry Tied with Obama

A new Gallup poll matching President Barack Obama against four top GOP candidates shows that for now the President could have a hard re-election fight on his hands. Head-to-Head against former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney - Obama trails 48%-46%. Rick Perry ties the President with 47% in...
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Gov. Perry Returns from First Presidential Road Trip

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Gov. Perry Returns from First Presiden...

Last Saturday, Rick Perry announced he was running for President in Charleston, South Carolina. This afternoon he made his first Texas campaign stop since that day to a packed room of long-time friends and colleagues. Perry spent the week traveling from South Carolina to Iowa, then to New...
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Will Today’s Job Numbers Help or Hurt Perry?

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Will Today’s Job Numbers Help or...

The latest jobs numbers for Texas will be released on Friday morning. The state's unemployment rate has hovered around 8 percent for the last two years. That's about one percent lower than the national average. It’s a fact Governor Rick Perry has used on the campaign trail to promote his...
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Tribcast: The Perry Finally Runs Edition

2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry

Tribcast: The Perry Finally Runs Editi...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has joined the race for the GOP presidential nomination. On this week's KUT News/Texas Tribune Tribcast - Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Reeve Hamilton and Ben Philpott go over his first week on the campaign trail....
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Perry Takes Aim at Fed, Obama

2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry

Perry Takes Aim at Fed, Obama

Gov. Rick Perry is campaigning in New Hampshire where the first presidential primary takes place. He spoke and took questions from voters at the "Politics and Eggs" breakfast in Bedford where he continued to take aim at the Federal Reserve. Perry said he supports an audit of the Fed and says...
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Perry Stirs Firestorm By Accusing Fed Chair Bernanke Of Near Treason

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Perry Stirs Firestorm By Accusing Fed ...

By Frank James, NPR News. Texas Gov. Rick Perry only officially entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday and already by Tuesday he was raising plenty of eyebrows with his warning that he would consider it an act of treason if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took...
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