https://redstate.com/erick/2011/08/17/watching-mouths/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 21:02:51 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Perry&#8217;s biggest problem to getting the Republican nomination and winning a general election is Rick Perry. He is going to have to overcome attacks both from Karl Rove acolytes helping Mitt Romney and also from Democrats painting him as the second coming of George W. Bush. He will have to appeal to swing, independent voters, women, and people who are still a bit tired of the last Christian/military pilot/Texas Governor.But all the people saying Rick Perry&#8217;s comments on Ben Bernanke hurt him have some serious Beltway-itis.Dude got the President of the United States to respond personally and directly to him — not to the field, not to the generic Republican, but to Rick Perry.]]>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:29:13 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/08/17/watching-mouths-n40090