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And Then There Were Three

Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are locked on each other already. The two are sniping back and forth 48 hours after Perry’s entrance into the GOP primary.  The news media is gobbling it up. Finally, something of interest to cover. Perry, a late entry in the race, needs to mix things up. The worst thing […]

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Campaign Ad, Rick Perry ’10

Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) has a great economic story to run on. I would expect to see his presidential campaign ads looking a whole like this one from his 2010 re-election campaign.  It couldn’t be more on message in today’s economy. 

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The Response Response

Just when I was feeling pretty good about 2012, I see photos like this one from “The Response”, the 30,000-person prayer rally headlined today by Texas governor and probable presidential candidate Rick Perry. It gives me a slight case of the willies. Maybe it’s because I come from the Northeast where we don’t wear religion on […]

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Lone Star Advice

I’ve always wondered what it was like for state reporters, who have covered an elected official for years; who have lived and breathed his every utterance; who know what he eats and drinks, how much sleeps and with whom, when that official becomes a presidential or vice presidential candidate.  Suddenly the print and network “big […]

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Giddyup!

Rick Perry cometh. The brash Texan – who ignored President Obama and his old boss, George W. Bush, in executing a Mexican national last night for rape and murder – just filed a federal campaign committee, or at least his supporters did, National Journal reports this morning. Last night’s execution is ironic, as then Governor Bush […]

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