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Texas governor Rick Perry, who is embarking on a hard push to recapture the buzz that surrounded him when he first entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination, is doubling down on the "birther" issue and also deeming his rival Mitt Romney a "fat cat." In an interview with John Harwood of CNBC and the New York Times on Tuesday, Perry was asked why he was keeping the "birther" issue alive. During an interview with Parade Magazine published Sunday, Perry suggested he doesn't "have a definitive answer" to whether President Obama was born in the United States. Mr. Obama...

WASHINGTON – Rick Perry, after calling Mitt Romney a “fat cat,” today also called on the former Massachusetts governor to release his income tax returns, an indication that Perry will increasingly make an issue of Romney’s wealth in the Republican presidential primary. The strong charges from Perry are striking coming from a candidate who himself two months ago accused President Obama of “trying to engage in class warfare and shooting high-powered bullets at people who have corporate jets.” Now, as Perry tries to gain an edge on Romney – by far the wealthiest candidate in the race – the Texas...

Texas Governor Rick Perry lost his cool, lost respect, and lost some supporters in Las Vegas. He might have also lost a prime opportunity to shape his image and get back on top in the race for the GOP nomination.

DENVER - Texas Gov. Rick Perry sounded very much like a presidential candidate Friday night when he blasted President Barack Obama in front of a crowd of nearly 900 conservatives. In a Gallup poll of Republicans last week, Perry was tied with Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, even though Perry has not formally declared his intent to run for president. It was Perry's second visit in as many weeks to Colorado, which has been a Romney stronghold. "Our federal government has grown well beyond its intended size and purpose so that it now threatens the liberties it was created to protect,"...

Glen Ellyn, IL- Mitt Romney told a cheering crowd here that Super Tuesday would be good for him telling supporters, “We are going to win on Tuesday.” They booed his rival John McCain, but Romney took it a step further comparing the Arizona senator to Hillary Clinton: “On a number of other issues he is indistinguishable from Hillary Clinton, “ Romney told reporters, “on a whole series of issues from campaign finance reform to global warming and his approach to it which is a unilateral America pays and the rest of the world doesn’t. As well as his view on...