A organized and well run campaign, especially early on, is a sign of a candidate who kows how to pick the right person for the right job. So for i’m impressed with Gov. Perry. He seems like he might be the right man. I wish him well…

This line of thinking could be a variation of Obama’s claim that because he ran a good campaign, he’d be a good president.

I Albert Arnold “Al” Gore, Jr. am pleased to endorse my good friend Governor Rick Perry for president of the United States of America.

Rick worked very hard as my campaign manager and his dedication his loyalty to me is a terrific example why Americans can place their trust in him.

Let me list the many reasons why Rick Perry would make a great president for our country a country in dire straits.

Trans-Texas Corridor NAFTA Superhighway.
Rick put so much work to make this great project a reality.
Although for now he failed in his dream but I am sure as president Superhighway can go ahead and become a success story providing many much needed jobs.

Open border.
Rick allowed millions of hard working friends from Mexico and other Latin American countries enter the great state of Texas and take jobs nobody wanted.
Our friends from the south clean our houses work on our farms in slaughterhouses pubs and restaurants and they lovingly care for our children.

Vaccines for our daughters.
Rick issued an executive order mandating that Texas girls receive HPV vaccine.
I am sure as president he will be able to vaccinate every man woman child domestic pet as well as farm animals.
We are in the Twenty First Century and progress must be attained.
The old ways of thinking must be put in the dust bin of history.

Rick is a visionary.
True statesman ready to take on the unfinished job George Bush and Barack Obama left behind.
So many nations crave our democracy they plead for our brave troops to bring them freedom.
I believe Rick Perry a man of wisdom with common sense and with friends in high places can do the job.

to see if Perry is as good a dancer on his crony-capitalist and open borders tendencies, as Romney is on Romneycare.

but, not this time. I absolutely love the guy, but I don’t think he’s electable. If he makes it all the way, he has my vote, but I’m thinking we should let BO finish killing America so it won’t get blamed on a good man like Rick.

Perry’s team is helped to a large degree by the fact that they have a disciplined candidate. This guy is very good on the stump and in front of the mic. He won’t make freshman mistakes.

Congresswoman Bachmann will find out Rick Perry is no T-Paw. And she will also find T-Paw will endorse Perry at the worst possible time for Bachmann.

It’s amazing how much winning also energizes a team.

Thank you Erick for the very good piece on Governor Perry’s snappy and highly competent campaign team. Now political commentators outside of Texas may start catching on to something we Texas political junkies began to realize a few years back, but particularly during in the 2010 election. Rick Perry is a damn good politician, perhaps a great one. For example, it’s now apparent that Kay Bailey Hutchinson didn’t have a chance from the very beginning of the gubernatorial race. The Governor has put together a very good team over the last decade. Remember when some of them dropped Newt and returned ready to help convince the governor to run? They aren’t miracle workers, but they know the buttons to push with the public. The Governor’s instincts are, let’s say, largely correct. He was one of the first to see the potential of the Tea Party. He heard about this then new organization holding a rally in southeast Texas. In a flash he was there . . . and giving a speech. I’ve never seen him address a crowd when he didn’t hang around for a considerable time afterward and wade through the crowd, shaking every hand offered and posing for pics with anyone who wished. Seldom does he misinterpret public opinion on an issue. His big miss was in supporting the Trans Texas Highway. Later, he realized the mistake, worked his way out of it, and it’s now an old issue. Except, of course, for the conspiracy nuts. Now that that’s said, it’s over with. Let’s take that highway proposal down from the board and declare it dead letter.

but he is truly conservative. And he is electable.

and fast. Michele Bachman’s evangelical base would be nice for Perry to call his own, but he’ll just be Fred Thompson 2.0 if Mitt doesn’t start skidding and Perry benefits from that.

Lets not overlook the fact that Perry is ESTABLISHMENT all the way. Same old stuff as you can get in Washington… there will not be any difference if he was President… only difference would be the party name.
Perry will get a lot of establishment money and so will Mittens. I hope they are happy fighting each other for the Establishment vote. Because the Establishment vote this time round is not going to win… the old way is out and the new way is in.
It will be fun to watch as the rats scurry around trying to protect their turfs. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Perry, Mittens…. what is the difference?

I’m behind Perry because he has the most impressive record aside from being a conservative. I really like Bachmann too but Perry is the complete package. If Bachmann winds up winning Iowa, Romney in New Hampshire and Perry in South Carolina….wow…what a race we’ll have on our hands.

For me it’s either Perry or Romney. Everyone else can fight it out. I have no enthusiasm for Bachmann and I reserve the right not to explain why, which is really being deferential to her.

Most on RS have been against compromising.

Not saying Perry will not make a good President.

But until some one is nominated, is there a better choice RS should back?

Good to hear he has a well-oiled campaign organization.
I’m very happy Perry is in the race, and I look forward to learning more about him from you well informed folks here.

already has his own organization, along with parts of Newts, and I hope now he can pick up T-Paw’s organization and inject some enthusiasm in it. Just a question, does anyone know why there is no “store” on Rick Perry’s website? I’m looking to buy shirts, yard signs and bumper stickers….

Who knows exactly what a gallon of milk costs, and can substitute ground turkey for ground beef, so if Perry is the guy, terrific! I am not interested in how much money the candidates are capable of raising or how good their team is. I have a great team at my house, we are cutting coupons, cutting spending, and tooling the stores to find the best deal. I am not interested in their talking points, but their walking points. I am tired of living my life at the mercy of their decisions. The candidate who can tell me exactly what milk, coffee, and gasoline cost will definitely get my green back… for sure!

you know, Michele’s hometown and according to Hot Air, Perry was better received than Michele!

Perry’s late start into Iowa seems to be working out asOK as his event last night when he arrived in New Hampshire at the end of the day with RedState in S Carolina,….he greated the folks with “I knew I would have a lot in common with people whose state slogan is “Live Free or Die”!”

Wowsa, the man has energy! does his homework? Is showing up at the same event today in Michele’s hometown early, with plenty of time to be gracious. Michele was barely on time, had no time to visit and had to have all the lightbulbs changed so was late getting started.

Now I have migraines too and so will fight those bulbs til I die. But coming back late from break at the debate and then the bulbs…well, as someone here said, bad visuals.

OTOH, Perry is having a great start!

I think we might be seeing the next President. Rick Perry.

I thought that as soon as I heard he’d be taking part in The Response.

I was looking for a man with experince. I was looking for a man with some backbone. I was looking for a man with a plan to get us past this economic mess. When I heard that Gov Perry was thinking about entering the race I did a little research on him and I am pleased with what he has done for Texas. I think he will be a strong candidate but more than that I think he will be a strong President. The lack of leadership is the reason Our Country is in the shape its in right now and in my humble opinion Gov. Perry appears to be the man who will right the ship and get us going in the right direction. I want to hear more from him before he gets my vote but in the present field he is at the top of my list. So far no stumbles. Lets keep watching…..

Not a proficient political talker, all I know is that Perry has been influenced by the Bilderburg group, and he allowed the highway to be produced that cuts Texas in two, and he did nothing to stop the TSA grope downs in Texas, but used political subterfuge and backroom dealing to get the legislation stopped. Not my kind of President. . . I think that he is just another puppet. . .

I would also like to point out that Rick Perry, just like Barack Obama, inherited an economy from George W. Bush. Granted, it was a state’s economy instead of a nation’s economy. But unlike the current occupant of the White House, he did not destroy that economy just to get his wish.

We absolutely must get the Obamunists out of power. Someone wrote on the WSJ that a 4 year-old child would make better decisions on the economy, followed immediately by comments, “That 4 year-old child has my vote.”

As for myself, I would vote for G.W. Bush or one of the Clintons if they were running against BO. Perry, Romney, Bachmann, ABO should have all the support we can muster.

Hi everybody. I was just too tired to come on the boards when we got back home from Charleston SC RedState Gathering. It was a really great time and my wife and I really enjoyed meeting all the like minded people @ The Gathering. All I can say is that Rick Perry is the real deal and hope everyone does their homework before they decide who to get behind in 2012. Don’t listen to all the crap media is feeding you (all the media) not just the LSM. But, I swear to everyone that immediately following The Gov. Perry announcement for the POTUS that Chris Matthews and all the LSM were definetly feeling something running down their legs!!! The Tea Party (WE THE PEOPLE) will make this happen in 2012 , no matter how many hateful and liable things the LSM can come up with. Keep the faith and we can end the Socialist agenda in DC next year. This is our one shot so get real, get vocal, get involved.

Well, I always thought that a Perry/Guilliani or Perry/Cain might get the ticket.

About the blogs…the trolls are out. Last night…I researched Perry. We are never going to find a perfect candidate…however, what I was able to discern is that Perry is not a liar and he also has some humility…knowing to say when he was wrong and when he was right…case in point…the vaccination for the girls. However, again, the trolls misrepresented the entire bill. (1) the parents are allowed to opt out of it…under Perry’s plan and (2) the legislature over-rode the bill and (3) Perry, by his own admission said he got too far ahead of the parade and should have had a more serious talk with the citizenry. So…does Obama talk to us and consider our ideas…NO…NO…NO.

About the crony capitalism…oh boy…the trolls are out turning the tables on us. No…(can’t remember name of firm) however, some of his friends bought into the company AFTER ONE MONTH OF AN AWARD BY THE STATE. That my friends is not insider trading and if I were in Texas…I might consider buying it also. Wouldn’t you? One whole month after the big was awarded.

Now….about him once being a Democrat…Yes…and so was Ronald Reagan…Perry changed parties in 1989. Back in those days…most people from the South were Democrats. About Gore…has anyone googled Gore’s 1988 platform? Well, here is a synopsis…Prayer in school, pro-second amendment and family values. That is why Perry supported him. What did Perry say recently about Gore? The most CO2 comes out of his mouth when he is talking. So…know that Perry is against Cap and Trade.
Borders – his stance…boots on the ground and also technology.

My daughter lives in Texas. She and her husband are backing Perry. She says that the most important thing that she likes about Perry is the tort reform bill passed…because doctors are flocking to Texas and with Tort reform passed…healthcare goes down.

So…I love Perry…I want Obama gone along with his Chicago/communist goons and I want America back.

For the record, I admire Gov. Rick Perry. That’s one reason I wanted to share a couple things legacy media doesn’t talk about.

First up is the Gardasil issue. Numerous governors and legislatures bought into the narrative pushed by medical organizations and women’s rights groups, even here in Florida (Crist was gov. at the time).

Perry, however, had a slightly different challenge when it came to that vaccine because of the population in his state. I covered the Gardasil/HPV story for personal reasons, because of my daughters whose physicians were aggressively urging they get the vaccine.

The CDC had issued facts about at-risk populations:

“Black women experience cervical cancer incidence and mortality at a rate 1.5 times higher than white women. Death rates for black women were twice the rate for white women. Incidence for Hispanic women was higher than for white women. Certain Asian subgroups, especially Vietnamese and Korean women, have higher rates.

****There’re geographic differences as well, with “notably higher incidence and mortality” in Southern states and Appalachia. Mortality rates are higher among Hispanic women living on the Texas-Mexico border;**** white women in Appalachia, rural New York State, and the northern part of the northeast United States, and among American Indians in the Northern Plains and Alaska Native women.”

The asterisks point to one reason Perry, like our Florida and other governors, viewed the vaccine as life-saving. More than one population group in his state was at high risk.

The other fact is pretty earth-shaking, although to date no media have covered it. Twice Perry stood up to a US president (Bush, ’43 then Obama), more than 90 foreign nations and the World Court to protect US sovereignty. The cases of Humberto Leal and (earlier) Jose Ernesto Medellin were among the most important in our lifetime.

Both presidents attempted to persuade Perry (with memoranda and other tools) to halt executions of Leal and Medellin who had been convicted after raping, beating and murdering teenage girls in separate incidents. The Leal case was the most recent, and that made Obama’s intervention more troubling because by then, the Supreme Court had ruled on whether the cases should be reopened because Leal and Medellin (both had grown up in the U.S.) were not informed they could contact their consular official since they were technically still Mexican citizens.

Ted Cruz, the charismatic US Senate candidate from Texas who spoke at the Red State Gathering, was in charge of the case as solicitor general for Texas. Cruz wrote a very informative article about how important this was for the ‘Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.’

Had Cruz and Perry not prevailed, the World Court would be able to upend and/or interfere with decisions made by domestic courts in the U.S. Cruz pointed out the irony in 90+ countries siding with Mexico against the U.S. None of those countries permit the World Court to interfere in their domestic matters. Most Americans have no idea how close we came to having our sovereignty dangerously undermined.

I’m rather amazed at any conservative (or socialist progressive, for that matter) who falls for the Perry is Bush meme. Nothing could be more distant from the truth.

Whatever Perry’s issues, this I know. He stood down the world to protect the sovereignty of my country, and that is an indisputable and praiseworthy fact.

This site and it’s participants teach/ instruct me, each and every day. If only it were “RedState T V!” Heads would explode,and certain brains would short out, but none reading this would be affected so. (Once again ,Thank You) Stay tuned for:THE SHELLACKING, 2.0. Coming to a country we all know, real soon.