Posted on 08/31/2011 9:06:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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....After announcing his bid for the presidency, Perry told an audience at a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that he plans to make DC “inconsequential” to the average American. Perry said that the government’s inability to increase jobs and revitalize the economy means “it’s time to let the private get back to work.”
A recent Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 38 percent of likely voters support Perry’s plan for DC. However, 34 percent of likely voters don’t support Perry’s plan to make DC “inconsequential.” The survey, released on Monday, also revealed that 28 percent aren’t sure what to think about Perry’s plan for DC.
However, support for Perry’s plan jumps significantly when the sub-groups are favorable to Perry. When the Rasmussen survey polled Republican voters, 56 percent supported Perry’s plan for DC. Not surprisingly, when the Rasmussen survey polled Tea Party supporters, 73 percent wanted the federal government to be “inconsequential” to the average American.
Perry has a habit of stepping off the presidential soapbox and speaking his mind. After Romney slammed Perry for his lack of private sector experience, the Texas Governor told POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin that “Texas is the real economy.” Perry also said, “give him my love.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thestatecolumn.com ...
Is Gov. Rick Perry's comment that D.C. is a "seedy" place any different than Nancy Peolsi's comment that D.C. (Capital Hill) is a "swamp?" (not original to her)
Still makes me laugh.
DC is a vile, corrupt, loathsome place and those are it’s GOOD qualities.
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>> Is Gov. Rick Perry’s comment that D.C. is a “seedy” place any different than Nancy Peolsi’s comment that D.C. (Capital Hill) is a “swamp?”
No, and they’re both right.
If I’m tuned in to the electorate like I think I am, voters are eager for the truth, even if it’s blunt and unvarnished. IMHO Perry’s cut-to-the-chase rhetoric will not turn the majority of voters off in the least, and to hell with what the MSM thinks of it.
LOL
if Perry keeps this up, he’ll win 45 of the 57 states easily.
I’ll be happy with 50.
This is a word today a lot of people haven't heard. Say what you'll hear...here in Texas at least years back everyone understood what this word meant. I love it that Perry uses this word. It's one of my favorite words when describing someone or some place.
“Seedy” Synonyms: beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, shabby, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown
It almost seems like Rass is polling weird stuff like this just for something to do.
I don’t like Romney but it might be prudent to put out some feelers to see if he would be interested in the VP slot (or some other adminstration position). Of course, Rubio would be a much better choice for VP. I would like the the GOP to get behing Perry and get this thing over with. The best thing would be for Romney and the other candidates to quietly continue their campaigns while making covert agreements to support Perry the front-runner (the also runs could get cabinet positions). This would serve the purpose of diverting the msm attack on the front-runner as long as possible.
That's a rather long and convoluted way to express three numbers out of a single question.
Was the author getting paid by the word?
I don’t see Romney adding much to a Perry ticket. Better to pick someone who will help you pick up an important swing state, like FL.
I think Florida is a lock, I have been milling around the idea of Scott Walker. Chris Matthews would spit and slobber and keel over right on the set.
In January 2001, Perry proposed the Trans-Texas Corridor, a $145+ billion-dollar project that would build multi-lane highways, rail lines and data lines from Oklahoma to Mexico, and from east to west in southern Texas.
Instead of paying for the project with taxes, Perry proposed that it be partially financed, partially built and wholly operated by private contractors who, in exchange for a multi-billion dollar investment, would receive all toll proceeds, notably Cintra, a Spanish-owned company.
One of the more controversial aspects of the project was extensive use of eminent domain to acquire property. Opponents portrayed the proposal as a "land grab", and criticized Perry for opposing the public release of the actual terms of the 50-year deal with Cintra to the public for fear they would chill the possibility of the company's investment.
Perry's former liaison to the legislature, former State Senator Dan Shelly, returned to his consulting/lobbying work with Cintra after securing the TTC deal while on the state payroll.
All of Perry's gubernatorial opponents opposed the corridor project, as did the 2006 state party platforms of both the Democratic and Republicans parties.
The idea itself is not a bad one, especially considering the highways in Texas and how crammed they are, like rush hour from Dallas to Austin.
Toll roads are a great way to build a road without raising taxes, it's a pay to use system and if you don't want to use it, take the Interstate. I use 190 and 121 all the time and they are toll roads, I have other options but I pay around 40 bucks a month to move quickly from job to job.
Now to the eminent domain, yes that is why it failed, that's how government works. I hope they do come up with a better idea for relief.
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