The Oops Diaries: Sleep disorder helped derail Perry campaign

Gaffes are all the rage on the presidential campaign trail these days. Invariably we are told these verbal boo-boos are bad enough to bring a presidential campaign to its knees, that somehow the blunder in question has set a new low, a dubious milestone. Two words: Rick Perry.... Read more»0

Supporters blast treatment of Ron Paul at GOP convention

Tampa is the end of the road for Ron Paul’s presidential hopes, but his die-hard supporters aren’t going quietly into the night.... Read more»0

Rick Perry votes for Romney

Gov. Rick Perry, who bitterly clashed with Mitt Romney on the Republican presidential primary campaign trail, voted for the former Massachusetts governor Wednesday and predicted he would prevail in November.... Read more»0

Ted Nugent: Bearing arms, cranking up controversy

If controversy could be rolled up and smoked, Ted Nugent would be on oxygen by now. (with video)... Read more»0

Perry advisors: Allbaugh caused campaign tensions

After their first meeting with Joe Allbaugh, Rick Perry loyalists were left unimpressed. The competent Allbaugh of political legend — the one who had so effectively run George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign, a logistics man who had been part of the former president’s “Iron Triangle” — wasn’t the one who’d shown up.... Read more»0

Perry rips Romney in S.C.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, campaigning in South Carolina — a state known for bare-knuckle politics, mocked former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for saying recently that he sometimes lived with the fear of losing his own job.... Read more»0

Perry assessing campaign after Iowa loss

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is going home for some “prayer and reflection” to decide whether to continue his presidential quest after a dismal fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday.... Read more»0

Perry hedges on gay soldiers already serving openly

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is promising to reinstate the ban on gays serving openly in the military if he’s elected president, but he’s not sure yet what to do with the ones who have already come out of the closet.... Read more»1

Perry gets nod from Arpaio

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, hoping to win back voters who think he’s weak on illegal immigration, is promising to detain and deport every illegal border crosser if elected president. Perry made the remarks right after picking up the endorsement of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.... Read more»2

Perry now says Obama was born in U.S.

According to portions of an interview with the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, Rick Perry — the onetime (and, he hopes, future) front-runner in the GOP presidential field finally accepted categorically, all kidding aside, that Barack Obama was born in the United States.... Read more»0

After third debate, it's a Rick Perry pile-on

After his relatively lackluster debate performance Thursday night, the conservative political pundit class has basically concluded that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is not yet ready for prime-time.... Read more»0

Perry says he's best contrast to Obama

Rick Perry, taking a dig at rival presidential candidate Mitt Romney on his home turf, urged New Hampshire voters Saturday to steer clear of Republicans who seem too much like the president they want to replace.... Read more»0

Perry vows not to 'embarrass' social conservatives

At a gathering of uncommitted social and evangelical conservatives at the Hill Country spread of mega-donor James Leininger, Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent several hours patiently answering queries on a range of issues, from his stand on immigration reform to the depth of his commitment to oppose abortion, people who were in attendance told The Texas Tribune. ... Read more»0

Perry supported tax hikes before he opposed them

Over a political career that reaches back to the oil price shocks of the 1980s, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has embraced billions of dollars worth of them — including a $528 million tax hike approved in 1990, after he defected to the Republican Party.... Read more»1

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Noisy protesters confront Perry in N.H.

Rick Perry came to press the flesh with voters here Thursday — but outside a local café, Popovers On The Square, he ran instead into a vociferous protest of his view that Medicare and Social Security are a “Ponzi scheme.” (with video)... Read more»0