Thread: Perry Breaks With a Fellow Texan: Bush

NYTimes
By JIM RUTENBERG and JEFF ZELENY

Perry Breaks With a Fellow Texan: Bush

On government spending, immigration and education, Mr. Perry’s criticisms of Mr. Bush have given him cachet with conservatives, especially with Tea Party voters who blame the former president for allowing spending and the reach of government to grow rapidly.

AUSTIN, Tex. — Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican contemplating a presidential run, shares many attributes with the last man who ran for president from here, his predecessor and onetime patron, George W. Bush. He has the same straight-legged Texas swagger; the down-home, clipped speaking style; the desert-baked conservatism.

But in recent years, Mr. Perry has broken politically with Mr. Bush, questioning his credentials as a fiscal conservative, accusing him of going on “a big-government bingeâ€

Any bets on who the GOP will try and convince us is able to really fix the invasion from Mexico?

Another Texan?

The Koch brothers did not invest or start the tea parties. NY times is so biased.

Do not believe this crap for a minute. When the GOP realizes that Romney will not make it they will go all the way with Perry, who has been groomed in the Bush doctrine. Don't fall for it. Perry is a suck up and we in Texas know it. If the stupid dems had run anyone but Bill White the last time they would probably have won the governorship and we would not be listening to this big mouth liar.