A new ad from Make Us Great Again, the Super PAC supporting Rick Perry’s White House run, is pummeling his chief rivals, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.
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The Brief: Dec. 21, 2011
Gov. Rick Perry brought one of his most prominent supporters to Iowa on Tuesday, and he quickly proved his worth.
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Updated: Jindal Campaigns With Perry in Iowa
Gov. Rick Perry has a new sidekick on the campaign trail in Iowa, a man he calls “the kind of neighbor all of us long to have.” That’s Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who at Tuesday’s first stop introduced Perry as “the next president of the United States.”
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TribLive
Perry Claims Main Street Cred in New Ad
In a new ad courting Iowa Republicans just two weeks before the kickoff caucuses, Gov. Rick Perry hits Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney as creatures of K Street and Wall Street, respectively — and touts his own Main Street credibility.
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The Brief: Dec. 20, 2011
The Republican field remains splintered, but many conservatives have found common ground over their deep concern about one increasingly likely scenario: Ron Paul winning Iowa.
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Candidates Rush to Meet a Soft Deadline
Monday was the deadline for candidates who want to run in next year’s elections. Sort of.
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Immigration
On Trail, Perry Revisits In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
In Iowa today, while discussing Texas’ practice of allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, Gov. Rick Perry hedged on a key aspect of the policy — giving the same students access to state aid.
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The Brief: Dec. 19, 2011
A fresh controversy threatened to knock Rick Perry’s Iowa bus tour off course over the weekend.
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State Government
Courting Voter Confusion
The election experts in the room were a beehive of nonverbal communication. Their reaction was on their faces: “Is this a drill? They’re kidding, right?”
