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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick PerryPerry Begins Crucial Week in South CarolinaTexas Governor Rick Perry takes the stage tonight for the first of two debates leading up to the South Carolina presidential primary. Without a strong showing in Saturday’s primary election, Perry may end his presidential bid.
South Carolina is where Governor Perry launched his campaign. Many pundits believe it could be where he ends it. Perry had hoped South Carolina’s Southern evangelical base would give him a boost. But over the weekend a large group of religious leaders announced they would back former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.
Also giving out an endorsement today: former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. He announced this morning that he was dropping out of the GOP race and throwing his support behind former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Takes Aim at Congress, Courts
Gov. Rick Perry is proposing to bring a little Texas to Washington — with a “part-time citizen Congress” that doesn’t meet so often, and whose members earn only half of what they make now.
The Republican presidential hopeful will also call for an end to lifetime appointments for federal...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Debates, News, Rick Perry
Sunday Roundup, November 13, 2011
The Perry campaign has a good night in South Carolina...The Longhorns have a bad day in Missouri...Formula One's boss wonders aloud whether there will ever be a race day in Austin....
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Perry’s Gaffe-Prone Campaign Isn...
Politics is hard, and it gets harder as you move up the food chain.
Look at Rick Perry, whose 27-year political career has taken him to the top of state government in a state known for tough politics. His status has gone from hero to hospice faster than Vince Young’s.
His “oops” — in...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, News, Rick Perry
Perry Defends His Debate Gaffe on Fede...
Gov. Rick Perry is in damage control mode this morning, reminding supporters of gaffes by other candidates who became presidents after a painful stumble in last night's Republican primary debate in which he could not name one of three...
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News, Rick Perry
Perry Campaign Begins Damage Control
The biggest story to come out of last night's Republican debate in Michigan was Governor Rick Perry’s gaffe. But the more important story is: what his performance on stage may have started behind the scenes.
Just how bad was it? Everyone on stage was laughing nervously. The audience didn't seem...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, News, Rick Perry
Four GOP Debates in November
Less than two months remain until the first voting of the 2012 primary season in Iowa. It's make or break time for the eight major candidates in the running for the Republican presidential nomination.
There are four debates and one candidate forum between now and Dec. 1. GOP candidates will...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Poll Asks About Religion, Political Mo...
John F. Kennedy had to answer questions about his religion in 1960. So did Barack Obama in 2008. In 2012, the GOP primary field has two Mormons running, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman. The University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll took Texas voters’ temperature on this topic. KUT’s Ian Crawford...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Eliminating Federal Agencies an Uphill...
One thing lost in much of the clamor around Gov. Rick Perry's debate stumble last week is that he's calling for the elimination of three federal agencies. The fate of similar attempts in the past indicates a small likelihood of changes now.
When Ronald Reagan ran for president in 1980, he...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, News, Rick Perry
Perry Rebounds in S.C. Debate
Texas Governor Rick Perry climbed back into the debate saddle last night. It was his first time on stage after flubbing a campaign line. And, in another first, it was a good night for Perry.
He started the night clearly outside of the spotlight. The Governor ranked 5th in one South Carolina...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, News, Rick Perry
Perry’s Debate Debacle Aftermath
Before the “um” heard round the world Wednesday night, political pundits were saying that Texas Governor Rick Perry had to win South Carolina in order to remain a viable candidate in the GOP presidential primary. Now the question is whether that’s changed from "Must Win" to "Can’t...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Ruling on Debate Over Perry’s Tax Plan
In this week’s PolitiFact check-in, Gov. Rick Perry’s flat-tax plan helps the rich and buries everyone else. No, wait, it gives everyone a tax cut!
Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman returns to talk with KUT’s Emily Donahue about two claims like this about...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Perry Finds Himself Sharing Third Plac...
As GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney’s poll numbers hover at an anemic 25 percent and Herman Cain tries with growing desperation to fend off damaging allegations of sexual harassment, Gov. Rick Perry is increasingly sharing third place with former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry, Channeling 2010, Sharpens Anti-...
It’s not enough to say Washington has gone too far with job-killing regulations and reckless spending. Rick Perry now wants to destroy the nation’s capital as we know it.
The 2012 presidential hopeful, seeming to channel his 2010 riffs, is sharpening his anti-Washington rhetoric in speeches,...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Checking the Fact Checkers
Who checks the fact checkers? A report by Politico this week, which you can read here, sort of hip-checks the fact checkers. KUT's Emily Donahue sat down with Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman's PolitiFact Texas team. The article claims that PolitiFact's self-appointed role as the...
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