Political Wire: Campaign Veteran Tells WSJ Rick Perry Will Make White House Bid

[flpoljunkie]

June 23, 2011

Perry Will Make White House Bid

A Republican campaign veteran tells the Wall Street Journal that Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has decided to run for president, "though the official word from Team Perry is still a definite maybe."

"Our normally reliable Republican source reports that Mr. Perry has surveyed the field and decided to get in the race later this summer, perhaps around the time of the national prayer meeting that Mr. Perry is hosting on August 6 at a Houston football stadium. Our source also reports that Mr. Perry is aiming to compete in the Iowa Straw Poll, even though it occurs just a week later, on August 13. The thinking is that apparent front-runner Mitt Romney 'does not reflect the Republican Party' and is therefore vulnerable to a credible challenge from the right, especially after Mr. Romney's recent squishy remarks on global warming."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/06/23/perry_will_make_white_house_bid.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They are going to have to get a bigger clown car.

Maybe a clown Suburban.

[flpoljunkie]

2. LOL! Run Ricky, Run!

[Robbins]

3. The big winner

romney.The more far right candiates In the race the better for him.

His path.Not compete In Iowa.Win NH,Michigan,and Nevada.Hope all the far right guys and bachman split the right wing vote In SC
allowing him to sneak a win and then win Florida.Similar to Mccain In 2008.Romney Is Mccain of 2012.

COuld you Imagne If Perry won the nomination? Mr succession for Texas up against the guy who got Bin Laden that his buddy Bush
couldn't be bothered with.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Paul Begala recently on Rick Perry...

BEGALA: Rick Perry will be a formidable -- he will be the candidate for every Republican for whom George W. Bush was just a little too cerebral. So, if Bush was too smart for you, Perry is going to be right in your wheelhouse. And I think that he is going to get in.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1106/09/sitroom.01.html