Rick Perry

...election because Rove was trying to drive up Hispanic turnout for Bush even if it meant more votes for Perry's Democratic opponent. Perry just eked out a victory over Comptroller John Sharp. "Their goal was to get 70 percent of the Hispanic...

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In this article: Texas, Coal, Natural gas, Tax, Global warming, 1990 Clean Air Act, Carbon, Rodney Ellis, and U.S. Senate

...contributions from industry folks or these people he spends time with at the country club and he's going to say what they want him to say." Perry, locked in a tough primary re-election fight with U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison - who...

In this article: Texas, Global warming, Carbon, Washington, Coal, Natural gas, and Tax

...Pardons and Paroles that Thompson's punishment was not fair and the panel voted 5-2 to recommend his sentence be commuted to life. Gov. Rick Perry was not obliged to follow that recommendation. The execution was carried out Thursday...

In this article: Texas, Parole, Huntsville, and Houston

...is delighted at the prospect of the switch. They think Perry is vulnerable, but the two biggest Democratic stars, White and former Comptroller John Sharp, were slugging it out for the Senate. Party officials were worried that the gains...

In this article: Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Texas, and Barack Obama

...U.S. senator from Texas. If chosen by Gov. Rick Perry, Williams also would be the only black Republican in a Senate where the GOP is battling the nation's first black president on health care and global warming. The only other black senator...

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...pledged to attend, as has Newt Gingrich. And crypto-secessionist Texas governor Rick Perry has asked that his name be removed from the ballot for the conference's GOP 2012 nomination straw poll. The good news is that Mitt Romney, who has...

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...to organizers. " Speaking of Texas… "Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of 'punishing' Texas and being "hell-bent" on turning the United States into a socialist country," Politico says. "Speaking at a...

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...Requires Adobe Flash Player. Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of "punishing" Texas and being "hell-bent" on turning the United States into a socialist country. Speaking at a luncheon for a Midland...

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...to impress the Tea Party crowd. Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of "punishing" Texas and being "hell-bent" on turning the United States into a socialist country. [...] Perry ... accused the Obama...

In this article: Texas, Washington, Presidio County, Socialism, GOP, and George Orwell