The knocks on Perry are immigration, his democratic past and the gardasil debacle. Each have been exaggerated in what actually occurred and none are automatic disqualifiers (like gloBULL warming and romneycare).
Right now Palin and Perry look like our best options to win back the WH. Until either officially get in, I'll support both on FR. The antipathy of many Palin supporters for Perry is ironic too since Sarah Palin and Rick Perry have similar records and like each other as well. It would be ideal to have them together on one ticket and end the primary right now.
The Trans Texas Corridor land grab for corporate cronies scandal is as big as either of the two things you mentioned. Perry isnt going anywhere because people are tired of voting for crooks.
Excerpted from Phony Right Wing-everything you need to know about Perry
I am currently collecting signatures for this judge
He is building a case to overturn the Texas Dream Act
his behavior on this judge tells me everything I need to know about Perry.
Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith
Perry has made numerous appointments to the Texas courts, to commissions, to boards, etc. in his tenure as I mentioned above. One of Perry’s first selections was the appointment of Xavier Rodriguez to succeed Greg Abbott on the Texas Supreme Court. Rodriguez, a self-proclaimed moderate (progressive republican) was unseated in the 2002 Republican primary by a truly constitutional conservative Steven Wayne Smith, the attorney in the Hopwood v. Texas suit in 1996, which successfully challenged affirmative action at the University of Texas Law School. Smith was elected by a comfortable margin over Democratic opposition in the 2002 general election. After his defeat, Rodriguez returned to private practice briefly before being appointed to the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio by President George W. Bush.
Perry objected to Smith’s tenure on the court and refused to meet with the new justice when Smith attempted to mend fences with the governor. (What does this tell you about Perry?) Perry encouraged Judge Paul Green to challenge Smith in the 2004 Republican primary. Green defeated Smith in the primary and was elected without opposition in the general election. Smith attempted a comeback in the 2006 Republican primary by challenging Justice Don Willett, another Perry appointee who was considered a conservative on the court. Smith polled 49.5 percent of the primary vote, but Willett narrowly prevailed.
According to many Texans, Steven Wayne Smith was the Robert Bork of Texas and the best Supreme Court judge they had in 50 years.
Great post. And a Palin/Perry or Perry/Palin ticket would work for me.
The thing that keeps me in Palin’s corner is that despite all the negativity thrown at her she has maintained—just that, she’s maintained—and the polls that show too many couldn’t vote for her in any situation can vanish easily. The MSM pushes those kinds of polls right up to the point where someone wins, and they are then forgotten. (I recall the polls ‘proving’ Obama couldn’t win because whites wouldn’t vote for him. Uh huh.) She could get in, and a week later be on top and stay there.
But again, Perry, who I disagree with strongly on some of the points you mention (just like I’ve disagreed strongly on certain points with every single person I’ve ever voted for for president), could lead. I hate to say this because it’ll cause screaming and hatred from the usual suspects, but if people think Palin winning the presidency would somehow win over the democrats who might still control one house of congress (or more, who knows), they’re nuts. If she becomes president, they’ll hate her even more, and do more to make sure she fails, or is perceived as failing.
Ignoring this reality could be the difference between Obama’s re-election and his defeat. And if Perry can do it and she can’t, I will switch my support. This time I’m a Whoever Can Beat Obama voter. I ain’t going down with the ship just so I can say ‘Well, MY principles are pure!’ as my country dies.