Posted on 05/09/2015 7:19:37 PM PDT by South40
The slate of contenders hoping to be the Republican nominee for President in 2016 is as crowded as it gets. The list of already-announced candidates includes Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, and Marco Rubio, while the likely additional candidates include Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, and Lindsay Graham.
Plus, of course, there’s former Texas governor Rick Perry, who’s been not-so-subtly testing the waters for a second Presidential run for the past two years, with the three portents being his “serious” new glasses, the end of his historic tenure in Austin, and—uh—we get the feeling we’ve made this joke before.
That sort of joke—which Perry is going to get plenty more of when he officially declares his candidacy—speaks to one of the major challenges facing the former Governor: How can he redefine himself in a country that’s taken his measure, and mostly found him to be a joke?
(Excerpt) Read more at texasmonthly.com ...
The headline left out the word “again” for some reason.
Odd.
Jeb Bush isn’t mentioned anywhere in the article.
How to compare him to Jeb Bush?
There’s only 1 Texan in that race that I want to hear about.
Second sentence.
Is Perry running as a liberal? Why wouldn’t he? He’s a liberal. He’s a rino. He’s a politician that admitted he can be bought if the price is right. And the price was only $3,000. He’s all that PLUS he’s an idiot.
Indeed. Perry knows he can’t get the nomination, I believe he will run in a lame attempt to hurt Cruz.
Yup. But Perry’s too into himself to get it.
How can he redefine himself in a country that’s taken his measure, and mostly found him to be a joke?
lol
LMAO.
Hey I mean...you know...not there’s anything WRONG with that...
Actually, as Texan, I haven’t found our governor to be all that liberal. Of course I haven’t agreed with everything he has said and done, but all in all, I don’t think he’s been that bad……...
Are his initials TC? He’s my pick for president!
Thnx
I thought Jeb, Christie, and Graham were already competing for that spot.
There are three reasons why Perry isn’t a joke:
1. He has several times been elected governor of Texas - a serious state.
2. At one point, Perry led for the 2012 nomination with 29% support - serious popularity.
3. I forgot the third reason.
3. He wears Marie Harff eyeglasses?
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