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Taking the Middle Ground

Earlier this month Texas Governor Rick Perry helped push a so-called RINO — Republican In Name Only — off the congressional ticket in New York. Only to see the Conservative Party candidate he backed lose to a Democrat. But that kind of "Us vs. Them" — "True Republican vs. Moderate" battle was invisible during the just completed Republican Governor's Association meeting in Bastrop County.

by Ben Philpott, KUT News

Earlier this month Texas Governor Rick Perry helped push a so-called RINO — Republican In Name Only — off the congressional ticket in New York. Only to see the Conservative Party candidate he backed lose to a Democrat. But that kind of "Us vs. Them" — "True Republican vs. Moderate" battle was invisible during the just completed Republican Governor's Association meeting in Bastrop County.

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