Posted on 12/01/2012 6:34:11 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
It hasn’t been a month since Texas lawyer George P. Bush filed to run for state public office, but there’s already speculation that, come 2014, the Dubya kinfolk might run against Rick Perry for governor. And he might have a fair shot.
Then again, who wouldn’t?
Perry, gaffe champ, embarrassed his deep red state during the 2011-12 Republican presidential primaries. At one point this year, his job approval rating in the Lone Star State dropped to an all-time low at 40 percent — three percent lower at the time than President Obama’s among Texans. Worse yet, the very same poll showed that 56 percent of registered voters thought Perry shouldn’t even bother running in the 2014 gubernatorial race. But he is running, and, since Perry has made his way safely out of the limelight, the governor’s approval ratings have bumped back up to the mid-50s. For now.
There are already plenty of Texas Republicans gunning for the gubernatorial seat in 2014, and that should be frightening enough for an incumbent who has already been shamed on the national stage (not to mention was nicknamed ”Crotch” in his Texas congress days). But, hey, why not throw the nephew of President George P. Bush in the mix? Former Florida governor Jeb Bush wrote in a fundraising letter earlier this month that he “hope[s] you will write a personal check” for his boy who “is considering [running] for Land Commissioner.” But, sources say, George P. has told at least one Texas state senator that he has his eyes on the prize: governor of Texas.
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/johnny
And Dewhurst has done everything to stop conservatives, even if some stuff gets by. He's taking retribution on those that supported Cruz over him for Senate.
The blocking positions are the strong places in Texas government.
I'll do all I can to get rid of Dewhurst and Straus from Texas politics and retire them to their ranches.
Texas would be a much more conservative place without them.
/johnny
Yes, it is a weak position.. Lt Governor I think has more power as he/she is involved in setting legislative agenda, I think..
NO! No more bushes!!!
I’d like to see Poe or Abbott run.
I like Perry. I think the GOPe wants him out - Texas is doing too good and some from other states expressed interest in moving there.
All the negativity he will have to put up with will not be fun because the MSM will not be on his side.
/johnny
And just what has “P” done in his life to qualify him to be governor, or to hold any other office for that matter?
Amen.
STOP IT ALREADY!!! No more Bush! None of them!!
Texas isn't doing well with Governor Goodhair. Texas is doing well because of hard-@$$ grass roots, despite what Dewhurst (GOP-E) and Straus (GOP-E) can do to thwart that.
/johnny
perry either will not run or be beaten the next time.
he has overstayed his time at the helm
People generally have a hard time understanding that there are no real powerful statewide political offices in Texas. Following reconstruction, the framers of the new constitution recognized that since no politician could be trusted to consistently do good they must all be constrained from doing harm. Power was dispersed in such a manner that no one person could do much by themselves. So far, it has worked out quite well.
George P. is a pro-abortion RINO whose only claim to fame is that he looks Hispanic but has a WASP name.
Individual House members can be somewhat powerful, but as we've seen in the last election, Dewhurst and Straus can level paybacks.
/johnny
I say no, no no. Never. No.
He ought to run in Florida, if at all. But not Texas. No, never.
Is it getting more difficult for Republicans to win elections or is it pretty much still a given? I have no idea the margin by which Cruz won.
Just to be clear: George P. Bush is not a Natural Born Citizen.
Yes, he should have. But Cruz won anyway. I won't hold this lapse against Perry, and despite the reservations of some on this board, Perry is my kind of 10th Amendment conservative.
Perry will my vote any time he asks for it.
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