2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Perry Going All Out Against Romney in S.C.
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Debates, Issues, News, Rick PerryTaking Apart Perry’s Socialism AssertionGov. Rick Perry refreshed a charge about President Obama in a debate last weekend. Emily Donahue with KUT News spoke with Gardner Selby of PolitiFact Texas and the Austin American-Statesman about Perry’s response when he was asked Sunday whether he agreed with Republican Sen. John McCain that President Obama is a patriot.... |
2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Discusses Iowa Industry
Texas Governor Rick Perry and four other Republican presidential hopefuls were in Iowa today to answer questions about how they would turn around the country's manufacturing industry.
The event, sponsored by Iowa Public Television, gave each candidate 15 minutes to lay out their plan and take...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Poll Puts Cain, Perry in Virtual Dead ...
Herman Cain and Rick Perry are in a statistical dead heat among Texas voters who say they’ll cast ballots in the Republican primary next spring. A new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll of 400 likely voters put Cain at 27 percent, one point ahead of Governor Perry.
UT Government Professor...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
Checking Paul on Attack Claims
Statements by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson,have drawn plenty of attention since the Austin American-Statesman's PolitiFact Texas launched in 2007. KUT News’ Nathan Bernier talked with the Statesman's Gardner Selby about some of the GOP presidential hopeful's statements, including one that...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Perry Stumps in South Carolina
Gov. Rick Perry launched his presidential bid in South Carolina. Today, he made another important stop there, as he works to secure what could be a must-win state to keep his campaign alive.
A handful of South Carolina state lawmakers, including its Speaker of the House, joined Perry in the...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Balancing Budget Tough Act to Copy
Gov. Rick Perry will release more details of his jobs and economic plan at a speech today in South Carolina.
One part of the plan is expected to focus on passing a constitutional amendment requiring Congress to balance the nation’s budget.
Texas has a constitutional requirement for a...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, News, Rick Perry
Perry, Romney Get Heated Over Immigrat...
Texas Governor Rick Perry appeared to have turned in his strongest debate performance of his Presidential campaign last night in Las Vegas. Instead of defending his record as governor -- Perry went on the offensive against his chief opponent Mitt Romney.
Governor Perry spent the first 30 minutes...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Unveils Domestic Energy Plan
Governor Rick Perry unveiled his domestic energy plan Friday morning at a steel plant near Pittsburgh. The Republican presidential hopeful claimed his plan would create more than a million jobs in America, if he were to be elected president.
The proposal has been called a "drill-baby-drill...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, News, Rick Perry
How Perry’s Pitch Plays at Home
In the second set of results, a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll finds that Gov. Rick Perry's campaign theme of creating jobs in Texas is falling flat...in Texas. The poll of likely voters in next March's Republican primary found that almost two-thirds of respondents gave more credit to...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Debates, News, Rick Perry
Gov. Perry May Skip Some Debates
Texas Governor Rick Perry is taking steep drops in the latest opinion polls taken in key early primary states. The Perry campaign has indicated that the governor may not participate in some upcoming GOP presidential debates.
"There is a potential glut of debates ahead after one on November 9th...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Floats Private Social Security O...
When Texas Governor Rick Perry rolled out his plan to cut taxes and shrink the federal budget, he also listed 5 new principles on how to fix Social Security. One of those was to allow states and local governments the ability to opt out of the program and come up with a local private system.
In...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Appearances, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Will Success Spoil the Texas GOP?
Texas Democrats have not been a force to be reckoned with during Rick Perry’s ten years serving as governor. In fact, the Democrats have failed to win a statewide election since before the turn of the century. According to an op-ed in the November issue of Texas Monthly, that may be bad news for...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Water Issue Won’t Be Still for Long
In the debate in Las Vegas this week, Republican presidential candidates focused almost exclusively on the economy and immigration. All of them ignored one of Nevada’s and the nation’s other key issues: water. But the next president’s role in water allocation will be far different from this...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, News, Rick Perry
Perry Plan: More Energy Means More Job...
Gov. Rick Perry announced details of his plan to create jobs in America today in Pennsylvania. His plan could also affect the country’s energy policy and consumption.
Perry unveiled his jobs plan at a steel mill that stood as a symbol of both America’s long industrial decline and the promise...
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2012 Presidential Campaign, Issues, News, Rick Perry
Perry Keeps Focus on Energy
Gov. Rick Perry is set to unveil his jobs plan today, and it’s likely to be strongly tied to U.S. energy production. Perry’s national energy priorities may be illuminated by his handling of energy policy in Texas.
Perry has had the energy industry at the front of his mind several times in...
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