2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, Issues, News, Rick PerryHow Did Rick Perry Fall?Now that Texas Governor Rick Perry has exited the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, people may wonder what happened to his campaign. How did a candidate who joined the race as a frontrunner fall so far?
For many people, the fall of the Perry campaign hinged on the governor’s performance in the onslaught of GOP debates.
From his "heartless" comment on illegal immigration, to questioning the allegiances of Turkey's government, and of course his famous "oops moment" when he forgot he wanted to eliminate the Department of Energy.... |
2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
No VA for Perry; Paul Makes Ballot
Texas Gov. Rick Perry won't be on the ballot in the Virginia Republican primary on March 6. Several media outlets reported Friday night that the Perry campaign failed to get the needed 10,000 valid petition signatures to qualify for the Super Tuesday contest. Meanwhile, the Republican Party of...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Perry Hopes Bus Tour Will Turn Around ...
Today is the last day of Governor Rick Perry's eight-day bus tour through Iowa. Tomorrow, Perry will return to Texas for a brief Christmas break, then it's back to campaigning.
The Perry campaign called the bus tour a chance for Iowans to give the Texas governor a second look. He was once the...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Bobby Jindal Joins Perry’s Iowa ...
With two weeks to the first vote of the 2012 presidential race, Texas Governor Rick Perry revved up his bus tour of Iowa Tuesday by bringing a long-time supporter along for the ride.
Rick Perry hopped off the bus in Maquoketa, Iowa with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal close behind. The two have...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Austin Business Journal, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry’s Pension Not a Problem in Iowa
Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to face criticism in his home state over the discovery that he started taking his state employee retirement in January and still being paid to be the Governor of Texas. But on the road to the GOP presidential primaries he’s not facing the same kind of...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Sunday in Austin
Some Austin Latinos spoke out against AISD’s proposal for an in-district carter school managed by IDEA public schools. YNN Austin reports that,
Activists gathered Saturday to call for IDEA Charter's CEO to withdraw his proposal and to send a message to the school board. "They...
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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, 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
Finding Time to Celebrate on the Road
The two weeks leading up to Christmas are usually filled with holiday parties and last minute shopping trips. But not if you’re on a bus far from home, trailing a presidential candidate through another state.
There’s a pattern to following Governor Rick Perry in Iowa. Get on the bus, get off...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
A Fact Check for Perry’s Iowa Ad
Texas Governor Rick Perry has been advertising heavily in Iowa, trying to boost his standing there in the rush to the January presidential caucuses. Emily Donahue with KUT News spoke with Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman about Perry’s statement in an Iowa TV ad...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Bobby Jindal Stumps for Perry in Iowa
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is getting some campaign help from a neighbor, as the GOP presidential hopeful tries to boost support ahead of Iowa’s January 3rd caucuses. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal joined Perry’s campaign bus tour today in eastern Iowa.
Jindal told a crowd in Maquoketa, Iowa that...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Perry Barnstorms Iowa
Texas Governor Rick Perry wrapped up the first of his bus tours through Iowa Sunday, -- after dozens of stops that were a mix of stump speeches, working the crowd and good ol' Texas charm. Perry's trying to drum up support for the January 3rd Caucuses. The message of the week was: "Vote the...
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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, 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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