Posted on 08/12/2011 5:37:49 PM PDT by Kaslin
Election '12: Bypassing Iowa may have consequences for his candidacy, but Rick Perry's entry into the race will change everything. Will the public and his party be willing to put another Texas governor in the White House?
In what the chattering class perceives as a deliberate snub, Perry decided to forgo the chance to stand between Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul in Iowa, preferring to announce his candidacy for the White House in South Carolina. Why, they ask, would he try to steal the thunder from the Ames straw poll?
Perhaps because he feels he doesn't need it. The RealClearPolitics.com average of polls showed Perry in second place with 15.4%, trailing the presumed front-runner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, by five points. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who hasn't announced a candidacy, places third, in a near-tie with Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, an announced candidate who polls fourth.
Perry, the longest-serving governor in the history of Texas, the nation's second-largest state, brings a lot to the table. He was a self-proclaimed "10th Amendment conservative" before the Tea Party existed and has led the fight against ObamaCare and EPA regulations as violations of state powers under the U.S. Constitution.
Between 2001 and last June, Texas, a right-to-work state that taxes neither personal income nor capital gains, added more jobs than the other 49 states combined. In the last two years, Perry's Texas has created 37% of America's net new jobs.
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Did Rick Perry institute those policies? No. The answer is to adopt right-to-work and low taxes everywhere, not to elect Rick Perry POTUS.
I’d support the most conservative candidate who can beat Obama, but I don’t yet know who that is. And I don’t think beating him is going to be a cakewalk.
Don’t mess with Texas ping!
He’ll be the staunchest supporter of the 2nd amendment in the field, by far.
Shoot First, Blog Later: Roger, Breitbart & Top Web Journos Go Shooting With Texas Gov. Rick Perry
http://www.youtube.com/v/cVCoTx1IZe4&hl=en_US&feature=player
Do not tell me who to vote for or not
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