As a Texas governor and presidential candidate, Rick Perry has repeatedly turned to the marketplace for policy solutions to health care and retirement security. But as a private citizen, Perry has generally relied on the government.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside, Outside: Grading the Governor
The new UT/Texas Tribune poll found Texans in a lukewarm mood about Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential bid, but the Inside Intelligence survey has found Texas insiders edging into downright cranky territory in their assessments of the governor.
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Video: KBH Won’t Backtrack on Perry Criticism
In an appearance this morning on CNN’s State of the Union, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said she’s “not going to backtrack” on her criticism of Gov. Rick Perry now that he’s running for president.
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Video: SNL Does Rick Perry
We wondered who would play the Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate on Saturday Night Live. Now we know. And he spared no mercy.
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In Texas Debate, Cain and Gingrich Don’t Mention Their Texas Rivals
Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich, two Tea Party favorites for the GOP presidential nomination, came to Rick Perry’s home turf. But in an event that was more dialogue than debate, they had little to say about Perry and the other Texan running for the White House, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
The latest UT/TT Poll on the 2012 race and other issues, Root on Herman Cain’s stumble, Ramshaw and Titus on Texas Republicans who don’t support Perry, Murphy maps presidential fundraising in Texas, Philpott on changing the constitution for parks and education, Hamilton on a case of higher ed separation anxiety, Grissom on the state’s breakup with a death penalty witness, Galbraith on a congressman’s search for a big leak, Aguilar on the Border Patrol’s effort to operate in environmentally protected areas and Aaronson on a dramatic drop in government employment in Texas: The best of our best content from October 31 to November 4, 2011.
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Perry, Channeling 2010, Sharpens Anti-Washington Talk
It’s not enough to say Washington has gone too far with job-killing regulations and reckless spending. Rick Perry now wants to destroy the nation’s capital as we know it.
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Perry Looks to New Focus, Staff for Campaign Turnaround
Rick Perry’s presidential campaign has reshuffled its staff and hopes to resharpen its focus. As Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, the team is hoping to revive a candidate who has fallen from front-runner to fourth place in many polls.
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Forget Who Dropped the Dime, It’s Still News
Surprised that a candidate moved to the front and got hit in the back of the head with a brown envelope full of damning information about his past — information a reasonable voter would want to know when choosing a president?
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The Brief: Nov. 4, 2011
In a break with his top staffer, Herman Cain isn’t backing down from allegations that the Rick Perry campaign is behind the controversy engulfing the presidential race.
