Posted on 06/09/2011 1:58:21 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Gingrich 2012 campaign manager Rob Johnson quit along with top strategists Sam Dawson and Dave Carney, and spokesman Rick Tyler quit as well. Meanwhile consultants Katon Dawson in South Carolina and Craig Schoenfeld in Iowa tendered their resignations as well. They quit because they wanted to promote what they told Politico would be a “different vision” for the campaign.
.....Conservative and mainstream media reporters speculated and provided considerable evidence that Perry is likely to benefit form the departures and that he is closer to declaring he will run for the Republican nomination than ever before — even though he has leaned against it in the past.
Jim Geraghty of National Review cited three separate GOP consultant familiar with Perry’s intentions as signaling his is inching closer to running.
“Knew this was coming… I bet Perry is in this thing sooner rather than later – these guys aren’t jumping off without somewhere else to land,” one said.
Another added, “Gingrich was clearly melting down, and Perry is clearly gearing up, so it was time for the switcheroo.”
“He thinks there is a void [in the current field of candidates], and that he might be uniquely positioned to fill that void,” said one Perry confidant who talked to the governor last week, according to the Wall St. Journal.
Perry has pleased pro-life advocates in Texas many times with signing pro-life legislation — most recently signing an ultrasound bill allowing women to see them before an abortion and hopefully changing their minds on it. He has been strongly supported by pro-life groups. Perry supported or signed into law the Women’s Right to Know Act and the Prenatal Protection Act in 2003, parental consent law in 2005, and funding for alternatives to abortions in 2007 and 2009.
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He got a pass on me on that score.
Cheers!
“Yup, another Texas Bush...”
Though born and raised in Texas, Bush’s ivy league education, and his “blue blood” New England roots, made for a mixed bag at best.......”Compasionate (NE RINO) Conservative (Texan) sums it up.
I, for one, am sick of East Coast “conservatives” ...... Romney, Brown, Guliani, Snowe, Collins, Spectre, Bloomberg, Pappy Bush, etc. and their “Inside the Beltway” political pundits....Brooks, Krystal, Krauthammer, etc.
As I said, Perry has flaws. The TTC is dead, however, and I think he learned a lesson. The “access” to the school system is the least of its problems: Sodomites and libtards of every stripe already have “unfettered access” to Texas’ government school inmates (aka “children”). Perry is no worse than other R governors on this, and the real fault lies with parents who love their middle-class welfare entitlement of “free” government daycare. Conservatives are especially hypocritical about this.
You’re wrong.
The TTC is laying in wait,like Cap and Trade, waiting to be implemented one executive order at a time.
You know, most Texas conservatives were forced into voting for Rick Perry in his last two elections because he was the lesser of two (or three) evils.
I really don't want to be forced into giving him my vote in 2012 for the same damn reason again.
I disagree. Perry was hit so hard on that that I don’t think he wants to go anywhere near the issue. We’ll see what happens. I do agree that the TTC is one of several appalling things Perry has done or attempted to do.
I really don’t either but, these are the cards we’re being dealt.
Sad thing is, Perry’s credentials are better than all of the current GOP field combined.
Well, that'll change in a flash when Sarah jumps in.
Perry might fool some into believing that he's responsible for the Texas economic miracle, but Sarah's the Complete Package. Perry can't hold a candle to her.
What about BOTH of them? (she did campaign for him)
Palin/Perry = Reagan/Bush.
'Nuff said.
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