Palin, Perry: Friendship with a '12 twist

The Hill ^ | July 6, 2011 | Christian Heinze

[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......

[mikhailovich]

Good question. Another unknown. This family thrives on the unknown. lol

[Friendofgeorge]

Sorry, honestly did not think it was you that said...Palin endorsement did not mean anything.

I was sure it was someone else, so my apologies if indeed you suggested that.

I am not convinced you did, certainly you do not believe that Gov Palins endorsement was no big deal?

Certainly it was a big deal, Perry wanted/needed her..

[EDINVA]

“...more than 6,000 fans filled a stadium to see Palin ...”

Is that 6K figure a typo? Gov Palin can attract many times that number on the shortest of notice.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It’s like this.

I think it was great that she came.

So many say, “Well, hell, she dragged him across the finish line.”

I don’t see it that way. Perry was giving the middle finger to the MSM before (read entire article) and they both had a good laugh at the expense of the media.

Posters really need to stop trying to destroy one candidate to promote their own.

If I misread your post, I apologize.

Friend.

[Friendofgeorge]

Thank You PEACE :) you are NOT A clown of any kind

[mikhailovich]

I’ve been saying this for a couple of months now. There’s too much infighting among our own ranks. Palin fans hate Perry. Cain fans hate Gingrich. Etc, etc. I’ll be glad when someone (hopefully Perry) emerges as the dominant candidate. I like Perry and I’m a native Texan 47 yrs old. My name on here is Russian and that’s my son’s middle name, or it was when we adopted him. Anyway, Perry started off a little “gimpy” as governor and I wasn’t a huge fan until the past couple of years. By “gimpy” I mean that he got a media beatdown over the Gardasil story, and also irritated quite a few when he wouldn’t go strong on immigration. It turns out, he had the wisdom to see the Arizona law as a problem before a district court shot it down. There was a strong push here (tea partyers) for him to exercise some muscle when Jan Brewer was doing the same. But he didn’t. So which governor had it right? You tell me. The whole Gardasil thing kind of blew up in his face. I honestly think he thought it was a public service and good for public health. Went into it sort of blind and naive. Certain percentage of the population went nuts and saw him as insensitive to teenage girls and their parents. Blew up in his face. He also had the Trans-Texas Corridor project get nasty. He supported it, and imminent domain would’ve gobbled up a ton of private property. A lot of farmers and landowners turned on him. But once again, I think he just wanted a good infrastructure project to get people moving around easier in this gigantic state second only to Alaska.

[longhorn too]

I understand your misgivings about Palin but Perry has a lot of baggage too. I just hope we don’t wake up the morning after the election with a second Obummer term!

[flat]

'I’d love those combined pics framed and on my wall. Heroes two.'

AMEN MR MCSHOT...... .JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT THEY DIDN'T MAKE 'EM LIKE RONALDUS MAGNUS ANY MORE.....AND, WHILE WE WE'RE DISTRACTED BY TODAY'S LIBERAL FLOTSAM AND JETSAM ....IN STRIDES THE LIKES OF SARAH LOUISE....A HIGH STEPPIN HERIONE FROM THE NORTH THE REAL THRILLA FROM WASILLA....IF OUR BOY CHRISSI WAS LOOKIN FOR A SOMEONE TO GET A LEG THRILL OVER HE SHOULD HAVE STARTED LOOKIN NORTH TO SOUTH ...HE COULDA QUIT IN ALASKA....THE BOY DEFINATELY MISSED THE BOAT....

OUR ALASKAN FOX

WHERE BEAUTY MEETS BRAINS MEETS BRAVERY MEETS HONESTY MEETS FAITH AND ABILITY....

[patriot08]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Palin fans hate Perry....

I'm a fan of Palin and Perry.

And I've posted threads about both of them.

It isn't only Palin supporters who are having a swing at Perry (then there are the few -- like uninvited disrupters in a crowd, who start trouble to make the entire group look bad).

Rick Perry and Sarah Palin (along with all the others) will stumble or soar (probably some of both along the way). In the end it will be their ability to campaign that will seal the deal. I believe it is important to have all facts and not the hype -- to let them begin with some truth and understanding and not have it lost in the din of hate and destruction.

Currently, it is the behavior telegraphed by the fans and/or distracters that shows the type of follower candidates attract -- as it will the voter base at large.

One note on that TTC -- the ICC in Maryland was needed and after the 40-50 years it was fought (cities do expand) it was even harder to design and build, but the voters hung on (voted in the people needed to get the votes -- including a Republican Gov -- in Maryland!). The ENVIRONMENTALISTS continued to fight tooth and nail and hammer and sickle but it's almost built now (and there were very few people in the end hurt -- but many people benefit -- and the brown fish -- something or other is well and will no likely remain so).

Roads give us freedom -- the ability to move freely, assist commerce, shorten a 4 hour stop and go drive between major population centers, aid hurricane evacuation in this state, create jobs -- it is a big basket of ideas -- it does not create victims, rather the opposite. In this situation the ranchers and others would have been compensated. Not all eminent domain cases are the same. (I don't have any connection with this road other than my understanding that it will be a good thing for Texas and Texans -- and when Texas is strong, the country is stronger too).