Category Archive: Rick Perry

Jan
19
2012

Perry Drops Out…

Texas Governor Rick Perry dropped out of the running for the GOP nomination today, hours before a televised debate between all the GOP hopefuls.  Perry becomes the second hopeful this week to drop from the race right before a debate in South Carolina. In announcing his decision to suspend his campaign, Perry stated something that …

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Jan
10
2012

NH2012: Cable Talking Heads Already Diminishing A Romney Victory

I’ve been channel hopping this afternoon and this evening and I’m hearing two talking points all over cable: Mitt Romney needs to win by more than 32% (the total he got in 2008) or it hurts him. Romney has been losing steam in polling the past couple of days. Both of these notions are 100% …

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Jan
08
2012

NH 2012: Thoughts on the NBC/Facebook Debate…

Random, bullet thoughts on today’s super-sized Meet the Press which doubled as a Republican Presidential Debate… For a debate that involved Facebook, I sort of expected more integration. It’s only the largest social network in the history of civilization. Logistically, NBC gets a D for planning an event like this in a city like Concord …

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Nov
30
2011

The Candidate I’m Voting For Is…

… I really don’t know how that sentence ends just yet. This Primary season has been really tough for me.  In primaries past, I’ve usually been very comfortable with where my vote was going and my candidate was already selected.  We are now  less than two months away from the 2012 Republican Primary, and I’m …

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Sep
05
2011

An Open Letter to NH TEA Party Voters…

Dear Fellow TEA Party Voters: As I know you’re all acutely aware, the 2012 New Hampshire Primary is coming up quickly.  With those ballots, we will cast our votes for the contender we believe is best suited for the Republican Party’s nomination as candidate for President of the United States. We all have one singular …

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