Rick Perry Not The First Choice For Many Texas Republicans

Texas Tribune:

Texans have elected Rick Perry governor three times -- with almost 55 percent of the vote in 2010 -- but that does not mean Texas' Republican establishment is falling in line to help elect him president.

Read the whole story: Texas Tribune

Comments

[Hoochie]

08:13 PM on 11/06/2011

The reason Perry stayed Governor of Texas is Texans were not paying attention to what he was doing and poor voter turnout. Google impeach Perry; Texans Against Perry; Texas Corridor; Texas Nuclear Waste Dump expansion - dump developer's contribution; appointments to board of regents; vetoes; dirty coal; ties with Merck; health care hoax; voted worst governor by an ethics watchdog group; Perry abuse of power is no joke; rick perry lavish.

[rgilley]

01:12 PM on 11/04/2011

This idiot makes Dubya Bush look like a Rhoades scholar.

[Raccoon1]

11:36 AM on 11/04/2011

I'm sure Rick will exact revenge upon them.

[quedog]

11:25 AM on 11/04/2011

not all texas repubs
but all of the really dumb one vote perry
and hay thats most of them
to bad you cant be president with the texas vote alone

praise je-sus rev ricky

[theRealAmerica]

10:53 AM on 11/04/2011

If President Obama wasn't Black...Perry wouldn't be governor of Texas...the low information rural towns, that just can't handle the Black Dem...probably would have voted for Bill White in better numbers...Perry didn't win ANY of the minority vote and didn't win any of the metroplex areas.

[PublicCitizen21044]

11:16 AM on 11/04/2011

I am confused how can a Black POTUS affect the Governors race in Texas? I do not get the correlation.

[theRealAmerica]

05:39 PM on 11/04/2011

For your and you Faved:

Southern Strategy:
"In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the late-20th century Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti-Afric­an American racism among Southern white voters and appealing to states' rights. The strategy was first adopted under future Republican President Richard Nixon in the late 1960s and continued through the latter decades of the 20th century under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[1] The strategy was successful in achieving its goals; it led to the electoral realignmen­t of Southern states to the Republican Party..."
http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/S­outhern_st­rategy

[rgilley]

01:14 PM on 11/04/2011

Playing the age old Republican Strategy of race baiting is a Texas speciality.

Southern Strategy:
"In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the late-20th century Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti-African American racism among Southern white voters and appealing to states' rights. The strategy was first adopted under future Republican President Richard Nixon in the late 1960s and continued through the latter decades of the 20th century under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[1] The strategy was successful in achieving its goals; it led to the electoral realignment of Southern states to the Republican Party..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

I really think if they want to secede from the US we should not stand in thier way.

[theRealAmerica]

05:39 PM on 11/04/2011

Except that I'm stuck here...and that would not be good...thank you for your post...I'm going to use your link to help the person who thought he was being a smartarse in the reply previous to yours...