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Conservative GOP primary voters likely to like Perry's positions
Star-Telegram ^ | July 2, 2011 | Dave Montgomery

Posted on 07/02/2011 11:39:35 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

AUSTIN - The just-concluded 82nd Legislature has armed Gov. Rick Perry with a host of red-meat issues to present to conservative Republican voters if he jumps into the wide-open presidential primary race.

But analysts say some of those issues could carry consequences down the road in reaching broader constituencies in a general election match-up against President Barack Obama.

Texas' longest-serving governor burnished his conservative profile with legislative victories that included a no-tax budget with $15 billion in cuts, property rights protections, voter ID legislation and a bill requiring sonograms before abortions.

Two other Perry-backed issues - an immigration measure to ban so-called sanctuary cities and legislation to prohibit intrusive airport pat-downs - could also enhance the Texas governor's stature among conservative activists though they ultimately died in the Legislature.

Even without declaring, Perry is becoming an early favorite among Tea Party activists for his adherence to limited government and his verbal assaults on Washington. Sabato's Crystal Ball, an online analysis headed by much-quoted political observer Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, places Perry in the top tier of 11 announced and unannounced candidates. The Texas governor ranked number three, behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota...........

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2012; aliens; amnesty; conservatism; gardasil; gopprimary; gorescampaignmanager; perry; rickperry; texas
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To: trumandogz
And don't forget his "granting" a Spanish company to build the highway to ruin along with Mexican stations along the way to assure that the trucks from Mexico travel with ease (bringing thousands more illegals throughout Middle America to the Canadian border.

Oh, and by the way, how many $$$$ Texas tax dollars going to Merck for the Gardasil for 11 year old girls.

Nope, no Perry for me. With that kind of "conservative" we might just as will have had President McCain.

41 posted on 07/02/2011 12:52:07 PM PDT by zerosix (native sunflower)
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To: truthfreedom

Gay rumors complicate Rick Perry’s presidential prospects
http://rt.com/usa/news/gay-rick-perry-campaign/

Naked City The Real Sins of Gov. Perry
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2004-02-27/198958/
On Tuesday morning, a small group of protesters (almost outnumbered by reporters and photographers)
gathered at the Governor’s Mansion for what was disingenuously billed as a “support rally” for Gov. Rick Perry,
under the theme, “It’s OK to Be Gay.” As any Austinite with access to e-mail or a cell phone knows by now,
for a couple of months rumors concerning the governor’s personal life have been flying furiously around the Capitol,
the capital city, the state, and indeed most of the Western Hemisphere.
The variations are multiple and quite inventive – we won’t recount them here –
but at their core is the tale that the governor’s marriage is in trouble, that his
wife Anita has/will/may decide to divorce him, and that the issue is Rick’s alleged infidelity,
with one or another member of his administration of undetermined gender.
(Rumors of this sort, about multitudinous politicians, circulate all the time,
but the current Perry rumors are indeed extraordinary in their baroque detail and remarkable persistence.)


42 posted on 07/02/2011 12:52:55 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: tsowellfan
Alan Keyes would be nice

His track record against Obama is embarrassingly pathetic. Obama would love to run against Keyes again.

43 posted on 07/02/2011 12:53:22 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: deport

“Dude it isn’t a race track nor is one being built.”

A race track in not being built?

Are you sure about that?


44 posted on 07/02/2011 12:53:51 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: zerosix

I never got the impression that McCain was a globalist. Perry is. Whenever you get a R up there with bad stuff on his resume, you can be assured that’s what his Presidency is all about. The other stuff, the conservative stuff, he’s faking.


45 posted on 07/02/2011 12:54:51 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: trumandogz

I owe you an apology as I was very wrong about the F1 in Austin not being a race track. After doing some digging I find it is a complete facility to built from the ground up especially for F1 racing. My bad and I sincerely apologize for my rude attempt to correct your assertion.

That said the money is coming from the Trust fund set up to do these type things. Take care.


46 posted on 07/02/2011 12:57:10 PM PDT by deport
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

From reading the above posts, Perry may have a bit of GW Bush big government in him, but he is way more to the right than Mitt Romney and more likely not to cave into the Democrat tax and spend culture. Palin as VP may be what his ticket needs.


47 posted on 07/02/2011 12:57:39 PM PDT by RicocheT
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To: trumandogz

Are you sure about that?


See #46............


48 posted on 07/02/2011 12:58:25 PM PDT by deport
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To: catfish1957
We have given Perry 10 years to fix the illegal alien problem. I can honestly say there are parts of Houston I will not venture into due to a brazen “anti-gringo” attitude I see. Perry has lost control.

Talk to the liberal Houston metroplex representatives about their constituents and don't forget Shelia Jackson Lee about that.

It's the liberal socialist agenda that cripples American's and draws them here illegally. Perry and other conservatives want a conservative, strong, pro-American agenda.

49 posted on 07/02/2011 1:00:36 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Tex-Con-Man
His track record against Obama is embarrassingly pathetic. Obama would love to run against Keyes again.

Yeah, you're right, I guess. It's a shame that Trump dropped out (if we're looking purely at numbers, of course).

50 posted on 07/02/2011 1:05:33 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: SVTCobra03
Maybe not. He voted to end Bush-era tax cuts and has supported organized labor and government bailouts of both General Motors and Chrysler.

I would like to hear his reasons for ending the Bush tax cuts, but as far as supporting the automobile companies - he is from 11th Mich. Livonia and surrounding areas. That's basically west Detroit. He can't tell most of his constituents to screw off. He gets a pass on that.

51 posted on 07/02/2011 1:05:52 PM PDT by muleskinner
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
What do you propose Perry was supposed to do then?

Your misleading here. The Special session had seveal agenda items. To me, Perry feigned support for SC bill, otherwise he and Dewhurst would have cooridinated it better. Again, he blew it.

52 posted on 07/02/2011 1:06:37 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: no dems
Too beholden to unions. No executive experience. Yet another lawyer. Part of the RINO "Main Street" House caucus.

He has a sharp wit and can appeal to blue collar types. Would be a nice balance on Romney's ticket.

53 posted on 07/02/2011 1:07:07 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Obama: law degree. Reagan: economics. Obama studied gov't. Reagan studied prosperity.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Would you approve of a similar amount of tax dollars being given to foreign investors to build an "Opera/Ballet/Symphony Hall," on the basis that it would bring the finest opera singers, ballet dancers and European Symphonies to the area? Just asking as many people are more than happy to give land, revenue and future tax dollars for sports venues yet balk at doing the same for the arts.

I'm not pushing either, merely saying that it depends on what your pleasure is as to how you feel about stealing land and money from the taxpayers to support such "entertainment" that few of the same citizens desire or could afford to attend.

If the people/corporations desire such a track, let them raise the money, buy the land and build it themselves.

You can't refer to something as the "public good" when it only benefits a limited amount of citizens who actually like the sport/art.

54 posted on 07/02/2011 1:07:22 PM PDT by zerosix (native sunflower)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

You are blaming SJL? Funny, since when did she become governor of Texas?


55 posted on 07/02/2011 1:09:25 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: RicocheT
.......Palin as VP may be what his ticket needs.

I've given Sarah Palin some thought lately, as we wait (I can't be the only one), and expressed my frustration for the first time today on one other thread:

[I've posted a lot of Sarah Palin threads and followed her (read "Going Rogue" to get her side of the matter and was glad I did). But lately her public persona reminds me more of a highbrow striptease. I love her guts, her positions and her energy but the "will she" show is starting to bore and annoy me.]

56 posted on 07/02/2011 1:10:59 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Conservative GOP primary voters likely to like Perry’s record


57 posted on 07/02/2011 1:11:46 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Talk to the liberal Houston metroplex representatives about their constituents and don't forget Shelia Jackson Lee about that.

It's the liberal socialist agenda that cripples American's and draws them here illegally.

Isn't that the same defense Obama and the dems are using when talking about the US economy?

If we have to go talk to municipalities about such issues then obviously the Perry administration was too weak to overcome the problems facing Texas.

58 posted on 07/02/2011 1:11:56 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Conservative GOP primary voters likely to DISLIKE Perry’s record


59 posted on 07/02/2011 1:13:15 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: catfish1957
We have given Perry 10 years to fix the illegal alien problem.

The illegal alien issue is a federal issue, not a state issue, even though it effects states most profoundly.

60 posted on 07/02/2011 1:13:23 PM PDT by muleskinner
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