“Actions and one’s record speak the loudest. Gov. Perry has a record of accomplishment and the Texas model.”
...and a fifth-place showing in Iowa.
I’m not particularly against Perry, I like his positions fine. However, he’s not shown that he’s got what it takes to defeat 0 or be a good President. I’ll watch him closely during the coming debates.
He’s an easy target for the Dems, as they’ll simply paint him as “another Texas governor in the mold of GWB”.
Whoever is the nominee will be a target.
So let’s move past that obvious point and give Obama the hardest target to hit.
Gov. Rick Perry.
Precious, do you think any Republican candidate will be immune from attacks? Maybe Romney a little.
Rick Perry has withstood attacks for lo, these many years.
The liberals and the press in Texas are as nasty as they are anywhere and they totally despise Rick Perry because he is conservative.
They despise him more than they despised the Bushes.
But nothing they could say or do about him destroyed his popularity in Texas.
They persuaded Kaye Bailey Hutchison to run against him for the Republican nomination for governor.
Chuckling nastily to themselves, they thought Kaye would leave Perry a little puddle on the ground. Turned out, it was the other way around.
Perry has withstood attacks for years. He’s not as vulnerable to attacks as Newt or Santorum.
I understand your concern but it is baselss.