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Is Rick Perry a Legitimate Contender For 2016?

Is Rick Perry serious choice and would you vote for him


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No, and for three reasons

1. He is a Texan, republican, old, white dude who used to be a democrat

2. his political positions which include banning abortion even in cases of rape and abortion, supported the anti-gay sodomy laws of Texas in 2002 before it was stuck off by the SCOTUS because Mr. Perry thinks it should be illegal for gays to have sex with one another, anti-same sex wedding, too far to the right side for most independents to vote for

3. euh, euh , euh, "I can’t. The third one, I can’t. Sorry. Oops."
 
I wish there was an "I have no idea" choice in your poll. I have no idea. I met him in NH a few times in 2012 and I like the guy, but he was never my choice in 2012 so I didn't pay much attention to him nor his campaign. If he runs in 2016, I will pay more attention.
 
I'm not going to vote for Hillary under any circumstance; I also won't vote for a Republican under any circumstance. Third-party, here I come. Again.

Yeah, I'm starting to think I have to go with a third party, or a write in. I like Jeb Bush better than his brother but struggle with another Bush.

I'm still all about Huntsman but I don't see him getting the nomination.

I'm writing in Eli Manning.
 
Yes, weak contests. McCain and especially Romney should have both been able to win against Obama.

I think McCain would have beaten Obama if not for the economic meltdown, and possibly to some degree, the addition of Sarah Palin on the ticket. Romney surprised me that he didn't do better, but turnout was in Obama's favor (not as high as in 2008, but high enough).
 
Is he a serious choice and would you vote for him?

In 2012 I thought he would be a better candidate than Romney. Romney has a mistrust fact even among Republicans, at least here in Georgia. Perry had none of that and Perry could have hit the president harder on the ACA. Romney signing Romney care into law pretty much made Obamacare irrelevant.

For 2016, it all depends whether Perry is interested or not. Which to date he is not. I do know this, if Perry had run as the Republican nominee in 2012, I would have given him much deeper thought than I did Romney before deciding not to vote for Romney. Perry, I might have. How all of this translates out to 2016, I haven't the faintest idea.
 
I think McCain would have beaten Obama if not for the economic meltdown, and possibly to some degree, the addition of Sarah Palin on the ticket. Romney surprised me that he didn't do better, but turnout was in Obama's favor (not as high as in 2008, but high enough).

I think what a lot of people do not take into consideration is in 2008 the American Public as a whole was just plain tired of Republican rule. This first showed up in the congressional elections of 2006. You have elections like this, it probably didn't matter whom ran against whom, the public at large just wanted a change and that change wasn't another Republican.

In 2012, I agree that President Obama was vulnerable. But it would have taken the right candidate and Romney wasn't that candidate. Although in all fairness to Romney, he may have been the best choice of a very weak presidential field. Gingrich, Santorium, Bachman, Cain were all sure losers. Pawlenty, Perry, Huntsman all made quick exits, although Pawlenty intrigued me. He might have been the diamond in the rough, but we will never know.
 
He could very possibly get the nomination. He would have to run a very good campaign, but I am going to assume he will learn from his mistakes in 2012 and be better prepared.

I find it unlikely I would vote for him in the general primary, but likely I would in the general. Democrats would have to run some one really bad for me to get past Unless he does something that exasserbates our ideological differences socially, which could make me go libertarian.

Pretty much this
 
I think what a lot of people do not take into consideration is in 2008 the American Public as a whole was just plain tired of Republican rule. This first showed up in the congressional elections of 2006. You have elections like this, it probably didn't matter whom ran against whom, the public at large just wanted a change and that change wasn't another Republican.

In 2012, I agree that President Obama was vulnerable. But it would have taken the right candidate and Romney wasn't that candidate. Although in all fairness to Romney, he may have been the best choice of a very weak presidential field. Gingrich, Santorium, Bachman, Cain were all sure losers. Pawlenty, Perry, Huntsman all made quick exits, although Pawlenty intrigued me. He might have been the diamond in the rough, but we will never know.

Wow, Tim Pawlenty. I honestly forgot all about him. I liked him too.
 
Wow, Tim Pawlenty. I honestly forgot all about him. I liked him too.

Also runs are easy to forget. Pawlenty didn't have the base or the organization or the money Romney had. Nor the name recognition. But I firmly believe he would have been the better candidate. Good enough to unseat an incumbent president, who knows? The dynamics in the 2012 election were pretty much in the presidents favor. Although hovering all through 2012 with a 48,49,50% job approval, he was definitely vulnerable.
 
Rick Perry is a complete joke...but I have to say, he has more of a shot than Ted Cruz who seems to believe that he actually has a shot.
 
Never forget, when Rick Perry forgot.

I think that says it all when it comes to whether or not I would vote for him. Whether he will run, probably. Knowing the GOP they will throw out 25 different candidates into the fray and wonder why they can't beat the weakest incumbent in recent history.
 

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I think McCain would have beaten Obama if not for the economic meltdown, and possibly to some degree, the addition of Sarah Palin on the ticket. Romney surprised me that he didn't do better, but turnout was in Obama's favor (not as high as in 2008, but high enough).

The economic issues were definitely a factor for McCain, and so was his lack of assertiveness going after Obama. However, Gov. Sarah Palin being added to the ticket was initially the best thing for him. She provided enthusiasm to boring lackluster McCain campaign. Suddenly McCain's stops on the campaign trail had huge crowds, because before she was added the numbers at stops were noticeably small. However, she made a few mistakes in an early interview and most of the media hammered her with it over and over. The McCain campaign panicked and hid her away, they hid away the best thing they had going for his campaign. If she was allowed to continue normally, the media would have had more things to talk about and the damage from those initial missteps would have been minimized.

Yes, turnout effected Romney. I actually think his religion played a part in it. I met a few people that said they would not vote for him because of that. I wonder how many people thought that way? Also I think he should have picked Rubio as VP.
 
C'mon, you and I both know....... "You didn't build that..."

;)

I didn't build what? If your referring to what my socio-economic status is. Then absolutely, Perry nor his merry band of Texas Legislative idiots had anything remotely to do with it. NOTHING!

But you seem to think Perry is "Da Man" in Texas. You obviously don't know how Texas politics work. The most powerful political person in the Texas Legislation isn't the Gov. Texas is a little different than other states in terms of the power structure. Actually, the Lt. Governor is "Da Man". I use the the term "Da Man"...because neither is "Da Woman".

Perry is a figurehead. An ignorant, moron, imbecile figurehead at that. His handlers never let you see the long pull-string hang out of the back of his suits along with a money slot. Depending on who drops enough money down the slot...they get to program a message that comes out of his mouth when the pull-string is tugged on.

When Bush was governor...now he was a piece of work. He was the product of privilege. And when his pull-string was tugged at. Let's just say that sometime the message coming out of his mouth was coherent but normally sounded more like Rove. Sometimes it as drivel. Sometimes it was a "WTF Moment?"
 
i don't think that's true. It's all about percieved amounts of negative baggage among people who will actually vote. That means the masses. The masses see hillary as having higher negatives than jeb bush otherwise jeb bush wouldn't have more voting blocs simply put.


You forget it doesn't matter if people are tired of them. It will be those two. So the question then becomes, who has the stronger, more forceful voting blocs come election>?
that would be jeb bush.




Jeb Bush will never see the inside of the White House, except as a guest.

And the #1 reason for that is the simple fact that his last name is Bush.

That is like an anchor tied to his neck, dragging him down and holding him back.

It helped him in Florida but he's all done now.
 
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Gov. Rick Perry wasn't a legitimate presidential candidate for 2012 and he's still not for 2016. The only reason his name is even in the headlines these days is because he's using this illegal alien border crossing issue as a means to get his name back in lights. He has no credibility, IMO. I mean, he wants the illegal alien crossing to stop yet the very educational benefits his state provides to illegal Mexicans is, in part, why they across the border. Not a big part, but still it acts as a magnet for illegal Mexicans to come into Texas to gain the education they see as part of living "the American Dream".

Of course, he'll say he's only following federal law, but it's a cop-out.
 
I didn't build what? If your referring to what my socio-economic status is. Then absolutely, Perry nor his merry band of Texas Legislative idiots had anything remotely to do with it. NOTHING!

But you seem to think Perry is "Da Man" in Texas. You obviously don't know how Texas politics work. The most powerful political person in the Texas Legislation isn't the Gov. Texas is a little different than other states in terms of the power structure. Actually, the Lt. Governor is "Da Man". I use the the term "Da Man"...because neither is "Da Woman".

Perry is a figurehead. An ignorant, moron, imbecile figurehead at that. His handlers never let you see the long pull-string hang out of the back of his suits along with a money slot. Depending on who drops enough money down the slot...they get to program a message that comes out of his mouth when the pull-string is tugged on.

When Bush was governor...now he was a piece of work. He was the product of privilege. And when his pull-string was tugged at. Let's just say that sometime the message coming out of his mouth was coherent but normally sounded more like Rove. Sometimes it as drivel. Sometimes it was a "WTF Moment?"

So, humor is detached as well, eh? k...

No, I think he's been Gov for 14 years, this tells me somebody loves him. Glad you're so PC.
 
In 2012 I thought he would be a better candidate than Romney. Romney has a mistrust fact even among Republicans, at least here in Georgia. Perry had none of that and Perry could have hit the president harder on the ACA. Romney signing Romney care into law pretty much made Obamacare irrelevant.

For 2016, it all depends whether Perry is interested or not. Which to date he is not. I do know this, if Perry had run as the Republican nominee in 2012, I would have given him much deeper thought than I did Romney before deciding not to vote for Romney. Perry, I might have. How all of this translates out to 2016, I haven't the faintest idea.

Yeah, you know, I'm all but positive the GOP is gonna stick another Estab candidate in there. So I'm gauging opinions and taking note on sentiment.
 
So, humor is detached as well, eh? k...

No, I think he's been Gov for 14 years, this tells me somebody loves him. Glad you're so PC.

Glad you love him. I'm just hoping for the sake of my country...he doesn't make it off of his desolate ranch out in West Texas from the moment he leaves office.
 
Yes, I would vote for him. Of course, considering all the actions and inactions of the Obama Administration, I would vote for anybody with an (R) next to their name.

That's how we get Presidents like Obama.
 
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