A new Rasmussen Reports poll has Gov. Rick Perry leading former Houston Mayor Bill White by just 4 points.
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Rick Perry: The TT Interview
A Newsweek/Texas Tribune exclusive: The governor talks about the Tea Party, his beef with the federal government, health care reform, the state budget, redistricting, and whether he plans to run for the White House himself.
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A Conversation with Karen Hughes
For the sixth event in our TribLive series, I interviewed George W. Bush’s longtime communications director and counselor about the difference between advising CEOs and pols, what happened to Kay Bailey Hutchison’s gubernatorial campaign, the “myth” of Obama Derangement Syndrome, and more.
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A Conversation with Rick Perry
A Newsweek/Texas Tribune exclusive: The Governor of Texas talks about the Tea Party, his beef with the federal government, health care reform, Mexico, the state budget, redistricting, whether he’s an insider or an outsider, what he thinks about the presidency of George W. Bush, and — while we’re on the topic — whether he plans to run for the White House himself … and his answer could not be more definitive.
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Rick Perry on Whether He’ll Run for President
“I don’t care about going to Washington, D.C.”
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Rick Perry on George W. Bush
“I think George W. Bush will go down as a very, very good president. Approaching great? I don’t know yet…”
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Demographics
Rick Perry on Mexico
“The fact is, we shouldn’t have to be doing anything. The federal government’s responsibility has always been to operate the security mechanism along the border.”
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Rick Perry on the States vs. the Federal Government
“The federal government was created to be an agent of the states, not the other way around. I think that is a very, very good thing.”
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Rick Perry on the Texas Budget
“In 2003, we had a $10 billion budget shortfall. We came into office and we addressed it, I will suggest to you, the same way we will address it in 2011.”
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Rick Perry, Newsweek and the Trib
Now it can be told: The Governor of Texas is on the cover of this week’s issue of the venerable newsmagazine as part of its first-ever collaboration with The Texas Tribune.
