Posted on 07/06/2011 3:25:25 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Two major names remain on the 2012 bench. Each has a giant persona, comes from a giant state, and has a giant following.
Yes, it’s Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Their political friendship, while somewhat recent, seems real — so real that it would be easy to imagine one endorsing the other if only one of them would jump into the race. That would give an instant charge of credibility and buzz to the endorsee, and likely set either Palin or Perry as the Tea Party favorite.
Their friendship goes back to their days as governors, but their political alliance first emerged in the 2010 Texas GOP gubernatorial primary, when the incumbent, Perry, faced a fierce challenge from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
National politicians rarely relish involving themselves in fractious primaries, but Palin did so early on, endorsing Perry wholeheartedly.
“He does what is right regardless of whether it is popular. He walks the walk of a true conservative,” she wrote, and, in a nod to their shared cultural populism, added, “He sticks to his guns — and you know how I feel about guns!”
Her endorsement was significant. Hutchison is one of the nation’s most powerful female Republican politicians, yet Palin chose Perry’s conservatism over Hutchison’s status as a potential Mama Grizzly.
But she didn’t just endorse him; she traveled to Texas to stump for him in a splashy campaign event on Super Bowl Sunday. The Associated Press reported that more than 6,000 fans filled a stadium to see Palin take the stage.
Perry, ever the appreciative host, praised her effusively, providing as good a description of the former governor as she herself might make......
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Exactly. These are not automatic disqualifiers like romneycare, gloBULL warming, dedescozza, etc.
There is no perfect candidate. Palin, Perry, Cain or Bachmann would be great with me and there is no reason for conservatives to bash any of these POTUS candidates.
Their political friendship, while somewhat recent, seems real — so real that it would be easy to imagine one endorsing the other if only one of them would jump into the race. That would give an instant charge of credibility and buzz to the endorsee, and likely set either Palin or Perry as the Tea Party favorite.That would go a long way to explaining the Rollins attack on Palin... and Bachmann's decision to keep Rollins around.
Aha! See - she's using code to incite violence! /sarc
Yes, Perry is an Aggie, but I appreciated the intent.
Re: Pete Rose - I’ve started writing Bud Selig once a month. I’m going to move it up to twice a month, once a week, and then daily if he doesn’t answer me or do the right thing!
But she didn’t just endorse him; she traveled to Texas to stump for him in a splashy campaign event on Super Bowl Sunday. The Associated Press reported that more than 6,000 fans filled a stadium to see Palin take the stage.
Perry, ever the appreciative host, praised her effusively, providing as good a description of the former governor as she herself might make.
“I doubt there is another public figure in our country who gives liberals a bigger case of the hives,” he said. “At the very mention of her name, the liberals, the progressives, the media elites, they literally foam at the mouth.”
When it came time for Palin to speak, she noted the “really sweet connections” between the two states, their “independent, pioneer-spirited people” and their similar GOP primary electorates. Perry sealed that connection at the event by handing Palin a certificate making her an “honorary Texan.”
Perry went on to defeat Hutchison easily in the primary.
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Sounds to me an awful lot like what Sarah did for Bachmann, and look how Bachmann repaid the favor. The very unlady like MB hired Rollins to trash her, and to this day has never apologized.
Gov Palin was not given to us at this very time to be on the bottom of any ticket. ONLY THE TOP
You mention the 4 names...Only one of those 4 disqualified themselves by hiring someone to trash Gov Palin. I do not have to mention the name, everybody knows! To this day that person has still not apologized. Gov Palin basically saved this candidate, the same way she saved Perry.
I’d rather see Palin/West.
I’d love those combined pics framed and on my wall. Heroes two.
works for me
“The very unlady like MB hired Rollins to trash her, and to this day has never apologized.”
Karl Rove claims Rick Perry as his candidate in Perry's FIRST campaign for the Texas Agriculture Commission. [From what I’ve found this was their only collaboration]
Perry was a Texas Democrat (not a liberal Democrat). He switched to the Republican Party in 1989. In 1990 Perry won the election (against Jim Hightower) to head the Agricultural Committee (a post Perry was well suited for as having come from a cotton farming family -- raised and worked the land -- and had a degree in Animal Science from Texas A&M). He was reelected in 1994 to that office in a landslide (62%). He did not seek reelection for a 3rd term and ran for Lt. Gov of Texas (1998), winning in a 3 way race, in a hard fought campaign against John Sharp (D).
["Perry thus became the state's first Republican lieutenant governor since Reconstruction, taking office on January 19, 1999 until his ascension to the governorship on December 21, 2000 upon the resignation of then-Governor George W. Bush."] Source
In that 1998 campaign year, the G.W. Bush camp (which included Karl Rove) was campaigning for W's reelection for Texas Gov (1st elected in 1994) and was at odds with Rick Perry's hard nosed campaign against John Sharp for Lt. Gov. Karl Rove told Perry to soft peddle to lift Bush's numbers in minority groups, Perry refused. Bush won reelection as Texas Governor. Perry won office as Lt. Gov. (arguably a stronger office than TX governor).
["Bush won by 1.4 million votes, Perry by fewer than 70,000. There were harsh words afterward; Rove and Dave Carney, a top Perry strategist, now are bitter foes."] Source
Then there was this in the TX Monthly about the 2010 governor's race:
October 2009: “....It would not be surprising to find that Karl Rove had a hand in this somewhere. The Bushies are definitely in the Hutchison camp, and there is no love lost between them and the Perry camp. The tension (according to Perry team members whom I interviewed on this subject last year) dates all the way back to Perry’s race for lieutenant governor in 1998, when Rove insisted that Perry stick with a positive message even while he was being pounded by John Sharp. Meanwhile, in the view of the Perry camp, Rove was trying to turn out Hispanic Democrats who would vote for Bush, even though that meant they were likely to switch back to the D column to vote for Sharp. The Perry team decided that they had to fight back, Rove or no Rove, and they went rogue, going after Sharp hard. It worked.
...If that animosity weren’t enough, after Bush was named the winner in December 2000, Perry was insistent that the president-elect vacate the governor’s mansion so that Perry could move in, notwithstanding that Bush wanted to stay a day or two longer before leaving for Washington. I heard that firsthand from the Bushies at the time....” -- Texas Monthly
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Basically, in the 2010 GOP primary in TX for the governor's office, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutichison was hoping to come home to Texas as Governor. Her election was being backed by the Bush family and all their power players were lined up against Gov. Rick Perry, with Karl Rove serving as Sen Hutchison's adviser against Perry. Source
Rick Perry won a 3rd term as Governor of Texas in 2010.
It was great to have Palin and Perry together.
And Sarah Palin brought a LOT of energy to that day.
However, you imply that her appearance - sweet but a non-endorsement - was what put Perry into the governor’s office.
Perry was dissing the TX media already (as explained in the article at the top of this thread) and he won handily. Hardly a candidate in trouble.
It was great for Sarah and for Perry to be together enjoying the huge crowd of supporters.
I appreciate the info, I think now it’s safe for me to say there is a fair amount of friction (animosity) between Rove and Perry, even though Rove helped him in the beginning. That fact should make a lot of us on FR breathe easier, Rove has been a huge pain in the butt to conservatives in the past years. Very helpful post, thank you.
You’re welcome.
I took a lot of time putting it together this morning.
Hopefully, it will help everyone get to a “comfortable” place.
I learned more too!
You're to Perry what Onyx is to Palin.
I'm appreciating the info, pro and con.
I know little about him, and am getting a bit more up to speed (pro and con).
Imagine that.
Somebody who supports Palin but who automatically doesn't support Perry, similar to somebody who supports Palin but didn't support McCain.
That doesn't sound like a drone to me.
The same thing was said about Palin and Bachmann. Well Bachman jumped in and Palin still says she may jump in.
If she had instead did the same things with Kay Bailey instead of Perry...NOT THAT SHE WOULD HAVE AS KAY BAILEY SUPPORTS INFANTICIDE...not yelling just emphasizing...The outcome might have been different?
I was not there, you were, so I yield to you perhaps, but I recall hearing of a tight race before Sarah came along.
JMHO :)
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