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Subscribe to RSSNBC confirms that Rick Perry is headed to New Hampshire on Saturday. The New Hampshire Union Leader, which broke the news, writes:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will attend a house party at the home of Rep. Pamela Tucker, R-Greenland, this Saturday, Aug. 13, and 5 p.m., I confirmed this morning.
Tucker was part of a group of Granite Staters who went to Texas on Aug. 4th to encourage Gov. Perry to run for President. During the visit, they invited him to come to New Hampshire. Tucker received word today that he will come on Saturday, and she is hosting the house party for him.
"We will be hosting a gathering of Republicans he can meet," she said. "It will be at 5:30 Saturday evening."
Of course, Saturday also brings us the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa.
*** UPDATE *** And Perry will also be in South Carolina on Saturday -- and he could make some news there, Politico reports.
Rick Perry intends to use a speech in South Carolina Saturday to make clear that he's running for president, POLITICO has learned.
According to two sources familiar with the plan, the Texas governor will remove any doubt about his White House intentions during his appearance at a RedState conference in Charleston.
It's uncertain whether Saturday will mark a formal declaration, but Perry's decision to disclose his intentions the same day as the Ames straw poll—and then hours later make his first trip to New Hampshire— will send shockwaves through the race and upend whatever results come out of the straw poll.
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Well, Barry just spoke on the S&P downgrade and his solutions were the same old, same old, BS he has been spinning all along. Raise taxes, tinker around the edges of Medicare with “modest” changes, more deficit spending to extend his payroll tax cut and extending unemployment benefits, and a plug for his “Infrastructure Bank” deficit spending. I wish he would just keep his mouth shut because the markets are hitting new lows after his speech.
BTW, almost as an afterthought, he also threw a bone to the brave special ops troops that gave their lives for this country last weekend.
You're doin' a heck of a job, Barry.
The President’s speech:
Holy son of Jor-el. Now he endorses the Simpson-Bowles and Gang of Six Plan, where the hell was he a year ago? Why do we need a new Super Committee if these reports exist?
If he was for a balanced approach…that includes revenue… why didn’t he endorse one of the plans or agree to a cuts only plan? There was the choice of a veto.
He keeps saying one thing..balanced approach…yet doing the opposite.
If this is his position, then he needs to stick to it, control the narrative and sell it to the American people.
It’s all about making framing the argument.
Will we be seeing Any jumpers from Wall Street today? Lets hope so, the Greedy SOBs deserve No Less!
As for Gov Rick Perry, if America is Stupid enough to elect another Texas Govenor(GoD told me to Run)Idiot as POTUS, then we Truly deserve the Consequences!
What America Needs is a New bunch of Politicians, who are'nt in Big Business pockets as they Walk in the Door!
Hopefully 2012 will BringIt to fruition!
Rick,Ky..
Believe it or not we're not seeing panic selling from the largest holders, pension funds, hedge funds, etc.
There's a lot of folks moving into the safety of the bond market and selling eqiuties.
There are always short sellers.
Even though the ECB announced they would, effectively, bail out Italy and Spain, the Eurozone problem still seems to scare people.
....and of course there was the downgrade.
Call me crazy but I don't see the market closing down where it is now...at 500+ .
Don't be fooled Ira. When Obama mentions S-B or Gang of Six, that doesn't mean it's "On the table". Obama says a lot of things, and means very few.
One thing consistent about Obama is his inconsistency.
The only thing Obama is interested in selling is himself and his re-election.
Watch Warren Buffett today...dude makes a killing buying off of volatility like today.
"Now he endorses the Simpson-Bowles and Gang of Six Plan, where the hell was he a year ago?"
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Ira, I didn't hear Barry "endorse" any of those plans. He "mentioned" them in making a point about the lack of political will in Washington. Here's how Politico is reporting it:
Citing plans proposed by the Simpson-Bowles commission, the Senate’s Gang of Six and the “grand bargain” that he and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) tried to push forward to raise the debt ceiling, Obama said “it’s not a lack of plans or policies that’s the problem here.” Rather, he said, “it’s a lack of political will in Washington.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60888.html#ixzz1USt68vDw
Joe in Albany..
It was the first time that he ever said there were good ideas out there like the 6 Plan or Simpson-Bowles.
Endorse may be too strong a word but he finally mentioned them....3 weeks to late and $4 trillion in balanced cuts too short.
Thanks for the correction.
...but if he endorses Simpson-Bowles does that mean that Senate Republicans would filibuster it?
What does Simpson-Bowles mean for Grover's Pledge?
Anyone who spends that much time checking his hair in a mirror is a narcissistic power-hungry douche bag, you can be sure.
Perry is very much Bush III, in that he is faking religion to appeal to the fundamentalists in Texas. Karl Rove will tell you that no Republican can get elected in Texas, and now in the nation, without appeasing the Evangelicals. Actually, Perry is worse. Dubya sucked as POTUS, but was a reasonably decent governor in comparison. Perry already sucks as governor. In fact, he is hoping he can become president because he probably can't get re-elected as governor, and he sure doesn't want to be unemployed right now.
Ira Going to disagree with you a little. Simpson-Bowles and Gang of Six both had Revenue raisers in them and The Tae Party wouldn't go for them to the point of default. Solve one problem at a time and go back to them now we have the framework to force action instead of holding the debt ceiling hostage
Independent Redneck Va. and Da Noid
The difference is that the Simpson-Bowles plan was issued well over a year ago.
He had all that time to start legislating the cuts suggested by the commission.
He didn't...in facdt he said he disagreed with it cause it had $1 trillion in defense cuts over 10 years.
No default pending....he abandoned it.
This was bi-partisan and endorsed by both sides of the aisle in the Senate.
We can still be friends, though.
Ah. A thread on Rick Perry.
Great. I need the distraction right now from the sight of all those bankers parasailing by my window ... without the sails.
Governor Perry is running for President to distract everyone from the true debate going on in Texas over how to solve the rest of his budget crisis that stimulus money won't cover up.
My guess is that he's REALLY angling for a spot in the cabinet, or at the very least, a spot on Fox News.
If there still IS a Fox News a year from now. LoL
Anna Molly:
LoL Preferably over drinks and a pizza. ;-)
Well...
Κάθε φορά AM ...
Γιατί να συμβιβαστείτε με ποτά και μια πίτσα;
Γιατί να μην το δείπνο σε ένα Σάββατο βράδυ;
and the dow is down 340...
late day rally here we come...
Yes Ira always friends. The difference is that for both sides it was non binding allowing both sides to fudge for politicle gain. Now it's not. Eat the apple one bite at a time my friend.
Is there anything to the rumor Russian Spies are using public forums to pass secret information?
Amy B. Portland, ME..
Ask Anna Molly...
Yeh Ira I see that things have ticked back up a little bit so don't let Anna hang you with being wrong about that to soon
Likewise, I don't agree (sorry) Ira. The president's $4 trillion Big Deal was based on the Gang of Six, which recommended larger revenues per spending cuts than Boehner wanted -- And why Boehner claimed the president was moving the goal posts. What really happened was Boehner moved the goal posts wanting a larger ratio of spending cuts to revenues, and when the president said "no" let's stick with the Gang of Six bipartisan agreement, Boehner walked.
Only my hairdresser knows for sure.
γιατί να μην πράγματι
Down 519.42 -- Tell me again, very slowly, about that rally.
Anna Molly..
Βιδώστε το ράλι
Θα μου άρεσε που ..
Θα είναι στο Σικάγο σε μια εβδομάδα ή 2 ..
Θα θέλατε να πάμε για φαγητό;
Down 601..
I've got some splainin to do to lots of people..
Με μια λέξη, ναι
LoL You can practice on me. I'm all ears.
Well, maybe not ALL ears. ;-)
Your remark about bankers was, truly, crass, AM. A whole lot of people are hurting today.
Anna Molly..
Απλά έκανε χρονιά μου ...
Δεν μπορώ να περιμένω.
Bad day at Blackrock.
Great day otherwise.
It occurs to me just how d@mn stupid this is. We're on a political blog trying to get politicans of both sides of the aisle to solve a financial question. I'll bet that you could get the Ceo's of S , Moody's and the Fortune 500 in a room together and could not get a solution to the problem that they could agree on. And we expect Politicians to solve it. Ain't going to happen
Oh And apparently I spoke to soon about that up tick.
Mea culpa. That's Latin, by the way.
Independent Redneck Va...
That's why I never argue with Anna Molly!
όμοια
LoL This loses a little in the translation, but you surely get the idea.
οποτεδήποτε
Don't hold back on my account.
Got To a little Ira keeps her on her toes.
Anna Molly..
Κανένας τρόπος AM ... όχι πριν από το δείπνο.
i Ποτέ δεν υποστηρίζουν με κανέναν πιο έξυπνη από μένα.
Απλά ακούστε.
Εκτός αυτού, μπορούμε να μιλήσουμε τη διάρκεια του δείπνου.
Τοταλ διστρακτίων νοώ
Who's ever have thought?
No more predictions from me...
Ira:
Είναι ένα καλό πράγμα που δεν ακολουθούν τον κανόνα αυτό.
Μπορείτε να υποστηρίζουν μαζί μου οποιαδήποτε στιγμή θέλετε.
Αλλά το δείπνο ακούγεται πολύ καλύτερα.
Να μην νικήσει τον εαυτό σας από πάνω του. Ποτέ.
Who, indeed? Why, that was me, wasn't it? ;-)
I'm past predictions now ... I went straight into shock.
I like it here. Think I'll stay. Beats reality, for certain.
Anna Molly..
That 's a mish mash..
Νο τρόπο
Ποτέ μη διαφωνείτε με μια κυρία πριν από μια ημερομηνία δείπνο
Ειδικά όταν είναι συνήθως δικαίωμα
Εκτός αυτού, έχω πάρα πολλή διασκέδαση συμφωνώντας
Τώρα, είμαι τόσο εντελώς έξαλλος και προσβλέπει σε ένα επαγγελματικό ταξίδι όλων των πραγμάτων.
Χάρη.
Meeting to discuss tomorrow about to happen..
Ana, Independent, Molly, you guys are wasting space. Talk about the article or go away.
For the adults on this page, check out Perry's record as Governor of the great state of Texas. He just wants to fail in a bigger way. TruePatriot nailed it.
Robin how about a chorus or two of " Its My Space and I'll Waste If I Want Too" It's so much more amusing than talking about Rick Perry a wanna be that is turning into a neverwas right before your very eyes.
I think its kinda sexy.
I have talked about Perry early and often, including most recently above thread, and again last Friday with quite a lengthy post that says a lot more than yours. Go check it out before you get so self-righteous.
You're a little late to the game. Besides, how do YOU know we aren't talking about the article?
Hey, it's all Greek to me! :.)
I'll freely admit that he needs to be more adamant. He needs to lay this at the feet of the anarchists in our congress and keep it there. This should be a time to pull out the guns and start hammering the stupid part of the Republican party. When is he going to come to grips with the fact that these TEABAGGER guys are dangerous radical extremists?
Yes 11/6/12. Wow you can quote dates. How pithy. 10/12/2015. How about 4/1/1975? You remember that one? Yeah I know we have an election. We have lots of them. Try a comment with more than 10 words next time. Don't strain yourself or anything. I know it's hard to come up with anything to say when your party is responsible for not 1 but about 4 major economic crashes. I guess we can say Republicans 4 Dems 0. Hows that?
DoucheyBizOwner,
You see that big fat Goose Egg there in post 2.1. Just thought YOU should know. Have a crappy day.
Not particularly. You can copy and paste. Did you know there are trained monkeys that can do cooler stuff than that? I'm sure you impress yourself though and that's really the only thing that matters. No I'm not afraid of anything. Besides the damage is already done. You guys have succeeded in destroying the economy and the country to spite one man. You hate Obama so much you destroy everyone and everything. So why would I be scared? What else do we have to lose? Not to mention the fact but unlike you weirdos I'm not that personally invested in party labels. I'm in it for my country, my family, my children. I don't particularly relish having my kid grow up in a third world country labeled America, but lacking in 100% of our ideals. I know you personally get hurt when people say things about the Republicans, and you may think everyone does that. I don't. I used to be labeled a Republican. Unfortunately this is not a Celtics game. I don't personally care what the party label is as long as a party isn't destroying our government, or ruining our economy because they are hateful sore losers that can't legitimately win elections without their own TV channel.
John Kerry was AWESOME on Meet The Press on Sunday. He really hammered it home, that this is the Tea Party Downgrade. I've never seen Kerry so impassioned; I think this whole debt debacle hit him hard, in part, because it reflected so badly on Congress itself, where Kerry has served many years. Kerry was MAD. We need more voices from the left speaking out against the actions of the Tea Party. We can't just let 25 Republican presidential candidates i.e. Tea Party attack dogs, dominate the air waves with their demagoguery.
I believe that King George called the Revolutionaries the same thing from England. He had no desire to come here and rule.
Good bye Obama and Thank God
Wasen't John Kerry the War hero that got three purple hearts when he got shot in the butt and then got his butt kicked by George Bush in 2004.
Yep, I bet you didn't know he served in Vietnam.
Yep -- on a swift boat. Was so embarrassed by his medals that he courageously threw someone else's back!
Even the Washington Post admitted the religious event yesterday was a positive politically for Rick Perry.
30,000 attended the non political event.
Gov. Rick Perry will be a formidable candidate for the GOP nomination.
And it is becoming clearer every day; the GOP nominee will be President in 2013.
No way no how. After W. Bush, America can't take anyone other than Huntsman from the GOP.
BOB-If the GOP nominee (whatever nut it is) becomes POTUS this Independent is leaving the country .
It wasn't a religious event. It was a political rally for Perry to get his supporters pumped. God is once again because used for political agendas and personal ambition. If He were in His grave, He'd be spinning in it.
Sadly, there isn't a person running (and that includes the sitting president) who is capable to lead this country.
Jay-Arr
Start packing. There are many socialist countries available. England needs more people that want entitlements
He'll pussy out just like Baldwin, Altman and Vedder.
Rick Perry is Palin without the lipstick! The Repub/Tea-baggers have cartoon clowns running for office.
Barack Obama is Jimmy Carter without the teeth.
All of these Republicans running, except for Huntsman make W. Bush seen like a genius. Considering that W. Bush was the worst President in history makes it scary.
no it makes it typically American.Bozo's abound,and they are all obese too.What a circus.
Great another right wing whackjob to fill the airwaves with hymnals and faith healings.
hymnals and faith healings are easier to generate than policy and results.
hopefully he's announcing a public sucide.
Best news the economy could get. Obama start packing the U-Hauls are being rented now
boy are you dreaming.
Job1 the worst President in history is the one in office right now. Hands down. Just saying..... he makes Bush look like George Washington.
You, like so many of the American people today, have no knowledge or sense of history and that is one of the main factors in where we are now as a nation. While I'll not be nominating "W" for Mt. Rushmore, he was a far superior President to Van Buren, Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Grant, Hayes, Harding, LBJ, or Jimmy Carter. JC (the first person I ever voted for) didn't just coin the term "national malaise", he was the father of it. LBJ committed over 500,000 troops to Viet Nam with no commitment to winning or clear strategy, and then began picking strategic bombing targets himself. But BHO will outdo Carter, at least.
Eagle: My comment was actually aimed at job1, not really you. Either the site or my connection to it is running really poorly and slowly tonight, but responsibility for it coming out wrong ultimately rests with me. (Responsibility: WHAT A CONCEPT!!)
This Perry Yahoo is exposed all around as he has done everything he could to get rich while thumping the Texas populace. With a 34 billion dollar budget shortfall, unemployment doldrums, short changing the youth of Texas, cutting back on schools and universities, he has managed to become a millionaire on the tax payers quarter. He's a politician turned preacher in political tones, cause he's wanting to run for the presidency. This C & D graduate of Texas A&M and ex-cheerleader finagled his way into politics and has sucked on that government tit for too long. A career politician for whom the governor's office was bought. Taking the stance he has on gay's there is talk that he's gay and living with his "wife". I'm not sure he's tells the truth.
But he has more business commonsense and experience than the idiot in that office right now!
He has no sense. None!! He shot a coyote with his laser sighted .380 while out jogging!!! Yeah right!! I have a few guns, been shooting since I was about 6 years old. He can not be trusted.
He will bring a new "You Lie!"
The 30,000 that showed up for Perry's event was dwarfed by an event in the same city on the same day that was offering help for the indigent...just for you to mull over.
Also, it seems to me that places like IRAN have political leaders holding prayer rallies! Why can people on the Right not see the similarities between fundamentalists of any religion?
True, but this is our fairytale clan.
As a Texan I ask my fellow Americans- Do you really think another idiot from Texas is a good idea for America? Do you think a secessionist is good for America? Do you think the guy who tried to force kids to get a vaccine because his buddy owned the drug company is good for America?
Rick, word of advice. It's okay to believe in religion, just don't talk about it constantly. It's really a turn off to NORMAL people that would like to see you as president, just not the total WHACKED out religious nut case you can often appear to be.
Thanks,
concerned citizen
Still looking for a worthwhile Republican candidate. Rick is a "cut and spend" Republican, just look at the state's finances. Expect more downgrades if we get this joker following in W's footsteps. They both know how to cut spending- good Republican. But Rick just like W is not a fiscal conservative, spends money like a drunken sailor- bad Republican.
Rick has got God, and since he has shown to be a spendthrift we will be left to hope that he can pray the debt away. Im sure it will work just as praying away the drought has- O lord its a miracle!
I'm voting for Perry whether he gets the nomination or not! I'm tired of all the liberal crazies trying to take down our country. Watch out dems here it comes.
Ehh, he spends your money better than a democrat... but whatever floats your boat.
Everyone knows you can't spend your way out of a hole but Mr. Obama and his "shovel ready" crew are trying to do just that. Who is spending faster, sir!
Oh and BTW I am a 5th gen Texan and a John Connelly dem....all you history hounds figure that one out.
I cant wait to see this turd crushed at the polls, along with the rest of his depends wearing followers..
Whats totally pathtic is, all these right wingers are doing everything possible to trash the economy. Hoping it will turn voters against Obama. When the opposite is true. This latest event sold a lot of undecided voters, and they arent buying Republicans BS.
You cant sit around obviously blocking everything, and holding up every attempt to improve things, and expect people to appreciate that. Unless they are hard core haters already. Those arent the voters you need to win fools. hahahaha Its goon be fun watching you righties whine when you lose
This country need a leader with experience running something. Obama had non and it shows. The guy isa terrible leader. He needs to go. Rick Perry may have the best credentials of all. He knows how to get stuff done.
He what???? This late getting in and making any decisions doesn't indicate a person who knows how to get things done!! It's more like Obozo's inability to make a decision about the troop surge! The fields too bloated already and he's just dividing the vote even more. If he was that unprepared, he's only in it for himself and money. He needs to go home and try it again sometime. It's time to draw the line! He's a no name too late in the game and a stranger to everyone outside of Texas!
Freedom4Eveyone...that's your opinon and you are "FREE" to voice it.
Thats right, I am.
Rick is Satan's Sister
I hope he is going to announce that he is moving to Ohio and leaving here forever.
NOT Ohio, they already have an idiot in charge - John Bonehead. Cut Ohio a break please.
Perry/Rubio 2012
That's a shame. Such a waste of good money. Perry is a complete unknown outside of Texas and he just bloats an already crowded field. Perry hasn't put any effort into any of this, and only wants a lucrative network contract. Minimum input, maximum output. The only person getting in at this point is self absorbed. The republicans need to beat Obozo in this election, and Perry's just getting in the way and dividing the vote further. Republicans need to send a message at this point that enough is enough. If a candidate is so woefully unprepared that they are this late getting in, they need to pack it in and stay home. Try it next time after the republican candidate from this round finishes their 8 years in office!
bolsen, who do you want for the nomination...not being sarcastic...really want your opinion?
I am voting for Romney and voted for him last time. I believe he's the President that we need. I think Rubio or Bachmann would make a great running mate. I think everyone at this point needs to get behind Romney and drive him all the way to the White House, because the polls are showing that he is the only GOP candidate that can take Obozo in a head to head match up. That means more to me than anything right now. We have to elect a GOP president no matter what and it will take everyone to get Obozo out of the White House. I shutter to think what he'll do before he leaves the White House though! It's too late this close to the primaries for Perry and it doesn't look like he could win. Especially at this point in our country, we need to not waste time or money.
Perry appoints HHSC medicaid OIG attorney general that has staff that gets upset when you complain about MEDICAID FRAUD in TEXAS.
Reality: TEXAS OIG does not have the resources to investigate timely small dollar fraud.
Texas does have the resources to give out taxpayer dollars for frivolous Medicaid Program spending
Texas fire our teachers. LOOK AT THE EDUCATION RATING
social workers give out free maid and nanny services under the term "attendant care"
We are not helping the truly needy.
HIPPA protects the recipient, Medicaid staff, medicaid contracting agencies, and OIG and allows them to
I think that you are bringing up a serious issue in many states in addition to Texas. And we need to save the $billions that this involves. Certainly we as a great and compassionate nation need to be mindful of the health care needs of the poorest among us. But that is no excuse for the "open wallet policy" that prevails in many states on the basis of "every dollar we spend on Medicaid gets us two federal dollars". Those dollars should be used to pay those who are actually treating the poor, not bilking the system. Yet Inspectors General are frequently underfunded. Can you say "penny wise and pound foolish"? HIPPA shouldn't be used as an excuse to ignore theives, cheats and people who sell their Medicaid-provided drugs on the street, just the legitimate privacy concerns we all share. Don't know the Texas system well? Isn't the attorney general separately elected from the governor?
Go Rick! It's time to get a real leader back in the White House who will restore America to what it once was and should always be---- "A shining city on a hill" to quote our 40th President. We conservatives must also take back the Senate as well if we want to have a chance at reversing the damage Barack Hussein Obama has inflicted upon our great nation.
I'm not impressed wiht Mr Perry. We do not need another politician.. We need a LEADER...
He is a "yell leader" from Texas A&M, that those baldheaded guys in the ice cream man suits on the sidelines @ the A&M football games....or at least they were 20 years ago when they had a team.
He is not the guy....Texas governs itself...he is just living in the state house..
lickinpiece...you go to UT?
Secessionist Gov. Perry of "Tex-ass" as POTUS? No way. Last thing America needs is a phony bible-thumper in the W.H.
This really is a comedy vine....!
Perry is responsible for the fall of the stock market . he did nothing to stop the t baggers . He just made millions of seniors lose what was left of their retirement investments ..Now they only have social security and medicare to live on ...And he is trying to take that away to !
LMAO
Okay, I'll say it -- it isn't so.
Evolution of the modern Democratic Party ---
Harry S Truman, 1945: "The buck stops HERE".
Barrack H. Obama, 2011 "The buck stops with, uh, Bush, uh, the Republican leadership, uh, the Tea Party, uh, Wall Street Bankers, uh, millionaires and billionaires in their private jets, uh, ..."