On Rick Perry, the Consultant Class, the Press Corps and Getting To The Big Boy Debates

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On Rick Perry, the Consultant Class, the Press Corps and Getting To The Big Boy Debates

 

By: Martin Knight (Diary) | August 27th, 2015 at 12:03 PM

 

Given my freely shared, admittedly unsympathetic, opinion of Rick Perry’s 2012 outing, RedState veterans may be surprised to find that he is still my first choice for the 2016 nomination. Actually, he was my preferred choice – far ahead of Mitt Romney, who was my second choice – for 2012; I was one of thousands punching the air in joy when he announced in August 2011.

 

Then came the debates – which, according to his campaign gurus, all experts, mind you; Dave Carney, Rob Johnson, Joe Allbaugh, Wayne Hamilton, etc. “do not matter” – and they continued to “not matter” until they took down Perry’s hopes of taking the Oath of Office in January 2013. Well, it’s 2015 now, and our newly bespectacled Rick Perry is now recovered from his back surgery, no longer faced with having to govern the state of Texas, and ready to run again, free from encumbrances.

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But Steve Schmidt did such a bang up job for President Romney.

 

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