Texas governor will consider running for president

Source: Associated Press

May 27, 12:26 PM EDT
Texas governor will consider running for president
By APRIL CASTRO

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the longest serving chief executive in the state's history and a politician who has never lost an election, said Friday he will consider seeking the Republican nomination for president.

The outspoken conservative, who for months said he wasn't interesting in running for the White House, said he will decide whether to enter the race after the Texas Legislature adjourns Monday.

Perry has been the subject of speculation as some Republicans lamented the slate of GOP candidates planning to challenge President Barack Obama. When asked about the race before Friday, Perry had said repeatedly he was focused on the state's legislative session and not the 2012 presidential race.

Asked once again on Friday if he'd consider a run, Perry said: "I'm going to think about it."




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:puke:

You get a silly answer.

If some idiot with a press card and a microphone asked me if I am going to run for president, all I can think of to say would be: "Why the hell not?"

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry said on Friday that he will weigh a run for the Republican nomination for president.

"I'm going to think about it," Perry told reporters after he signed a bill requiring Texans to show photo identification to vote.

That's a change from Perry's earlier insistence that he would not try for the nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.

If he decided to run, Perry would join a Republican field that many in the party regard as lacking a star candidate.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/27/us-campaign-perry-idUSTRE74Q4J920110527

not.

dg

one or two or six or eight.

Let them raise all the Republican tea bagger money they want, none of them have a chance of winning.

The late night jokes will write themselves.

or would a better term be ignarn't

yeah...maybe we can finally get rid of him by pawning him off on the rest of the country.....however in retrospect that didn't work so well when we finally got rid of Bush and Turd Blossom.

Because he has much more to attend to in and for his state. :eyes:

The position he really wants is successor to Jefferson Davis.

But he's not confused - obviously he is doing this SOLELY to make money.

Totally hid from debates in last election in Texas, right?

Because that discussion should be fun.

Hours before the start of a major summer holiday.


He couldn't pick a better time to announce this if he tried.

Smooth talking Texan with 5 years of military.

Everyone else in their field is the clown brigade.

I guess Republicans in 2012 will say that instead of America First, it is a winning message to say that we are taking your Medicare, so you are on your own.

separatist party there as well.

Running for President of Texas?
Go for it Rick.

The previous
President from Texas gave us, 9/11
2, 3, or 4 Wars (hard to keep track)
a Worldwide Financial Crash, the
bursting Housing Bubble, Massive
amounts of Treasury $'s for Faith
Based friends of the President,
$2 or $3 trillion budget deficits,
Corporate Welfare to the tune of
$1 Trillion to Big Pharma, the Patriot
Act, A Surveillance camera on every
street corner, An end to the Space
Shuttle with no replacement in sight,
etc, etc, the list of his achievements
to long to list here.

Really Texas, you have been more than
generous with Presidents. Keep Rick
at Home. The rest of the Nation, and
the World will survive without him.

They don't trust him, and if Debra Medina didn't open up her mouth about 9/11, she would have beat him in the TX primary last year.

Then Obama could coast to victory in 2012. He could show up at a rally, cough twice, and say "My opponent is Rick Perry. Thank you all! Good night!"
Easiest campaign ever.