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Rick Perry&#39;s No Conservative
 Rick Perry's No Conservative 
OPINION
Aug 19, 2011 4:28 PM CDT

Rick Perry's No Conservative

His record has often infuriated Texas right wingers: Dave Mann

(Newser) - Rick Perry’s been anointed as the conservative savior in the 2012 presidential race, but Texas Observer editor Dave Mann isn’t sure he’s a conservative at all. “The closer you look at Perry’s record in Texas, the harder it is to discern any coherent ideology at...

GOP Needs Bachmann —as a Perry Buffer

Steve Kornacki: She can clear the way for a more electable candidate

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann is bad news for the GOP on two fronts, writes Steve Kornacki at Salon . She might somehow win the nomination and thus "cost her party an utterly winnable election," or, more likely, she could push the other candidates too far to the right and play into...

Perry's Haul as Governor: $23K in Gifts

...including 9 hunting trips and 22 pairs of cowboy boots

(Newser) - Rick Perry’s salary may be $150,000 a year—but his total haul as Texas governor also includes more than a couple pairs of cowboy boots. Perry has received at least 90 gifts during his tenure, together worth at least $22,500, Politico reports. Among them are the boots...

Doctors Slam Perry for Fringe Health Procedure

Expert: I'd never let my family undergo this back treatment

(Newser) - Doctors are raising concerns over a back treatment undergone last month by Rick Perry that’s a bit “past the edge” of mainstream medicine. In the procedure, stem cells were removed from the Texas governor’s fat and developed in a lab for injection into his back and bloodstream....

Perry: Evolution a 'Theory With Gaps'

Huntsman: 'I believe in evolution ... call me crazy'

(Newser) - Evolution has joined global warming on the list of things Rick Perry is skeptical about. Evolution is "a theory that's out there—and it's got some gaps in it," the Texas governor told a little boy during a campaign stop in New Hampshire yesterday, the Huffington...

'Have You Ever Had Sex With Rick Perry?' Asks Ad

One of his political haters in Texas wants to publicize it

(Newser) - Welcome to the presidential campaign trail of 2011, Governor Perry. An Austin political activist and Ron Paul supporter has placed a full-page ad in a local alternative weekly asking, "Have you ever had sex with Rick Perry?," reports Salon . The ad asks for stories from strippers, escorts, "...

Rick Perry: I Don't Buy Global Warming

It's another contrast with Mitt Romney

(Newser) - Maybe we'll see a cage match between Al Gore and Rick Perry. The GOP presidential hopeful told an audience of New Hampshire business owners that he isn't convinced humans have contributed to global warming, reports the National Journal . “I do believe that the issue of global warming...

Colbert's Treasurer Ditches Him, Joins Perry Campaign

'Obviously, there was a potential conflict of interest,' says Salvatore Purpura

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert's super PAC has lost its treasurer ... to Rick Perry. Salvatore Purpura resigned Thursday from Colbert's Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, he tells Politico . On Monday, Perry filed his Federal Election Commission paperwork, and guess who was listed as treasurer? That's right, Salvatore Purpura, who...

Obama on GOP Field: 'I'll Be Ready for Them'

Talks election, economy with Wolf Blitzer

(Newser) - President Obama is not too concerned with the 2012 election right now, he says: “I'll let (the Republicans) winnow it down a little bit.” But when the time comes, “I'll be ready for them,” he tells Wolf Blitzer in a CNN interview . Discussing the...

Rick Perry Stands By His Bernanke Comments

He is the 'no apologies' candidate, writes Chris Cillizza

(Newser) - By now, just about everyone in politics has weighed in on Rick Perry's "treason" comments regarding Ben Bernanke . How about Perry himself? "I'm just passionate about the issue and we stand by what we said," the Texas governor said today in Dubuque, Iowa, according to...

Perry Jumps Ahead in New GOP Poll

Nabs 29%; Romney follows with 18%, Bachmann 13%

(Newser) - Rick Perry has soared ahead of his top rivals in the latest Rasmussen poll of likely GOP primary voters. With 29% support, he leads both Mitt Romney (18%) and Michele Bachmann (13%) by double digits. Ron Paul scored 9% support, with Herman Cain rounding out the top five at 6%....

Perry Made 'Rookie Mistake' With Bernanke Comments

... or is a little 'hyperbole' being overblown by media?

(Newser) - Rick Perry's comments about Ben Bernanke and treason continue to dominate the political chatter. A few takes:
  • John Podhoretz, Commentary : "What Perry did was make a thoughtless blunder, an unforced error; we’re now going to spend a couple of days discussing whether he was summoning violence on
...

Dominionism— the Scary Bond Between Perry and Bachmann

Both candidates tied to movement that calls for Christian world rule

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry are far more than just two hard-right Christian candidates angling for the GOP presidential nomination—both have ties to a scary, theocratic movement called Dominionism, writes Michelle Goldberg at the Daily Beast . While many have pooh-poohed those worrying about a Christian sect bent on world...

Rick Perry's Texas Donors Living Large

'Los Angeles Times' analysis finds dozens of examples

(Newser) - Rick Perry has raised $102 million as Texas governor over the last 10 years, and $37 million of that comes from just 150 individuals and couples—nearly half of whom have enjoyed business contracts, appointments, or tax breaks under Perry. A Los Angeles Times analysis found dozens of examples, from...

Perry: Bernanke Printing More Money 'Almost Treasonous'

Bernanke would be 'treated pretty ugly' in Texas, GOP hopeful warns

(Newser) - Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke will be no better than Benedict Arnold if he embarks on a third round of tinkering with the money supply between now and the election, Rick Perry told a Republican rally in Iowa yesterday. "If this guy prints more money between now and the...

Clinton: Perry a 'Good-Lookin' Rascal'

But Bubba says GOP presidential hopeful's policies are 'crazy'

(Newser) - Here's the backhanded (non-?) endorsement that must keep GOP candidates up at night: Bill Clinton sized up Rick Perry today and thinks "he's a good lookin' rascal," but that Perry's promise to cut back federal government while he rides "on Air Force One, and...

Mike Lupica: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry a Gift to Barack Obama
 Bachmann, 
 Perry a Gift 
 to Obama 
OPINION
Aug 15, 2011 1:53 PM CDT

Bachmann, Perry a Gift to Obama

Mike Lupica: GOP destroying its chances with 'fringe candidates'

(Newser) - With the economy weak, the president is looking vulnerable; “the Republicans have Obama right where they want him,” writes Mike Lupica in the New York Daily News . But with Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry in the lead, the party is shooting itself in the foot. For his part,...

Paul Krugman: Rick Perry's 'Texas Miracle' Economy Pure Myth
 Rick Perry's 
 'Texas Miracle' 
 Is Pure Myth 
paul krugman
Aug 15, 2011 11:13 AM CDT

Rick Perry's 'Texas Miracle' Is Pure Myth

Texas hasn't escaped unemployment—and 'Perrynomics' wouldn't work nationally

(Newser) - Rick Perry’s campaign will probably focus on an “alleged economic miracle” in Texas, predicts Paul Krugman: People think the state “sailed through the Great Recession almost unscathed thanks to conservative economic policies," which Perry will no doubt argue that he can replicate nationwide. Thing is, there...

At GOP Event, Perry 'Down-Home', Bachmann a 'Diva'

Michele comes off as too stand-offish for just folks, says Politico

(Newser) - Now that Michele Bachmann has Texas Gov. Rick Perry's hot breath on her neck, she's looking more like a ... diva. That's the assessment of Politico , which found Perry coming off as a get-along, down-home kind of guy at his first major campaign event with Bachmann. Bachmann, on...

The Quiet Winner of Iowa Poll: Romney
 The Quiet Winner 
 of Iowa Poll: Romney 
OPINION
Aug 14, 2011 6:51 AM CDT

The Quiet Winner of Iowa Poll: Romney

With Rick Perry in race, Mitt needs a strong Bachmann

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann vanquished Tim Pawlenty and the other Republican also-rans in yesterday's Iowa straw poll , so let the real battle royale for the right begin—Bachmann vs. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, writes Steve Kornacki at Salon . "She crushed her biggest mainstream competitor," he writes, and Ron Paul,...

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