Tag: rick perry

With the passing of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, the focus must now turned on the horribly failed response of the Texas healthcare system.

Just now in: A federal judge has ruled against four GOP presidential candidates seeking a spot on Virginia’s March 6 primary ballot: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman. It’s pretty uncommon for the courts to get involved in primaries […]

The media jumped the gun this morning reporting that Rick Perry was suspending his campaign, but it turns out he is on his way to South Carolina to carry on. But can Perry afford it? Here’s a breakdown of how much each candidate spent per vote in Iowa (via The Atlantic): I guess money doesn’t […]

In the wee hours the Iowa GOP finally called the caucus for Mitt Romney by a whopping eight votes, but the story of the night was close second place by Rick Santorum. Suddenly many on the right are rallying behind Santorum, thinking he could maybe pull this out. Of course they would be mistaken. Santorum […]

Rick Perry just loves spending taxpayer dollars: Gov. Rick Perry was near the height of his popularity when he barnstormed California in September to raise money for his presidential bid and to participate in his first nationally televised debate. His state-provided security guards were flying pretty high, too, spending more than $32,000 in taxpayer money […]

I said it yesterday – we entered crazy season extra early this year. Over at Tea Party Nation, on a post talking about the news that Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich won’t appear on the Virginia primary ballot, they have figured out who to blame in the comments: Got that? It’s the evil unions and […]

Did Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann have ACORN do their canvassing in Virginia?

In a contentious primary season news like this can really throw a monkey wrench into the planning: Texas Gov. Rick Perry will not appear on the Virginia primary ballot after submitting a petition that didn’t meet the commonwealth’s requirements, the Virginia Republican Party announced Friday. In an announcement on their Twitter feed, the Virginia GOP […]

Some new polls out this week really show the problems the GOP is facing with only a little over 3 weeks before voting kicks off. First off let’s talk Iowa. This was being scene as a guarantee win for Newt Gingrich just a week ago, but that has now changed: There has been some major […]

In our political system money means everything. For Rick Perry, it now looks like he is losing everything: Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign fundraising has gone into a tailspin as a result of poor debate performances and plunging poll numbers, jeopardizing his position as the best-funded Republican presidential candidate of 2012. Perry’s associates and supporters […]