It was a good read CW. Thank you for posting it. My guess is there are some Texas journos who don’t want to be left off the Perry bus if it actually goes on the road.
That's pretty perceptive. Perry pretty much left them on the side of the road in the last election. It should be interesting to see how he handles them this time around.
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......"Palin’s grievances with the Fourth Estate are well-known, but Perry’s are as significant. In his 2010 reelection bid, he refused to meet with any editorial boards from the Texas newspapers.
His spokesman explained to the Austin American-Statesman: “In the final weeks of the campaign, a better use of the governor’s time is to continue traveling the state talking to Texans about issues that are important to them.”
Frankly, Perry didn’t have a lot of use for the media — not after two terms as governor — nor did the media have much use for him, as most major papers endorsed his GOP rival in the gubernatorial primary and Democratic rival in the general election.
He further enraged the media when he spoke at a national editorial writers gathering last fall and wouldn’t take questions, prompting the group’s “stunned” president to send Perry a letter accusing of him of “disingenuousness” and going back on his word.
The fact is, Perry was so far ahead that he didn’t need the press, and he romped to a huge win in his reelection bid...." Source