Anita Perry, Rick's wife, now also organizing an Iowa Strike Force for him

Investors Business Daily ^ | November 19, 2011 | Andrew Malcolm

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Anita Perry, the 59-year-old wife of Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, has been very actively campaigning for him on her own all fall.

Now, she's taken on a new assignment. Mrs. Perry has launched an online drive to recruit hundreds of volunteers for what she calls the Perry Strike Force.

This would consist of Perry fans who would travel to Iowa and work across the state Jan. 2-4, getting out Perry caucus-goers to the hundreds of meeting sites on the evening of Jan. 3. (Don't worry, the BCS Championship Game is not until Jan. 9 this time.)

"With over 1,700 caucuses convening that evening," Mrs. Perry says in an e-mail blast to thousands of Perry supporters, "we need volunteers from across this great nation to assist Rick and I in reaching as many Iowans as possible. If you are interested in our Strike Force effort and would be willing to go to Iowa January 2-4, 2012, please contact our team by e-mailing strikeforce@rickperry.org "

While every campaign relies on grassroots get-out-the-vote efforts on election day, Iowa's caucuses present an unusually demanding challenge for candidates. They are no all-day drop-by-and-vote-before-work-during-lunch-or-after-work affairs.

They all start across the state simultaneously at 7 p.m. Central time on a typically cold night and can run until close to midnight as neighbors try to persuade neighbors to vote for their candidate in the successive elimination ballots.

[fieldmarshaldj]

We’re long overdue to start running government like a business, not an endless black hole to dump taxpayers money into.

[cricket]

According to Newt, The Era of Reagan is over. Wrong! The Era of Newt is over! Long over!

Newt has always been a Reagon supporter; and has championed his ideas.

Moreso than any other of our Candidates!)

Conservatism is NOT over; but yes; Reagan is gone; and we have no one replacing him. The other fact; often ignored; that if Reagan were running today; he certainly would meet with an abundance of criticism; from the very people who want the Reagan MO to endure. He was not an absolute Conservative; but did hold 'dear' where it mattered; and he; by and large, was certainly Conservative and a true Patriot.

Michael Reagn said this week; that his Father absolutely shared Newt's understanding of immigration; and that he would have shared same MO; and that he, Michael supported Newt.

Good enough for me; not that I needed it. . .

[Reagan Man]

Newt was a Reaganite in the 80’s and in the 90’s he pushed the Reagan agenda under the Contract With America. That was then and this is now. Newt's worn out his welcome. His remark from 2010 that the “era of Reagan is over” was the last straw for this conservative.

The Reagan agenda remains at the core of conservative policies for the GOP. Strong defense, lower taxes, less spending/limited govt and promoting the pro-life agenda. In the last 20 years opposition to amnesty has been added.

If Reagan were around today he would not be supporting amnesty for illegals like Newt wants. Back in 2005 when Bush was pushing passage of the McCain/Kennedy comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate, Ed Meese wrote an opinion piece. In that article Meese stated that he was convinced Pres Reagan wouldn't make the same mistake he made with the IRCA of 1986. I agree.

Btw, over the years Michael Reagan has supported many conservatives. He's also supported many moderates and liberals like Schwarzennegger, Giuliani, Romney and Gingrich. I've always thought of Michael Reagan as more a libertarian, then a mainstream Reagan conservative.