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Subscribe to RSSExactly one month after Rick Perry's disappointing performance in the Florida straw poll, the governor's team in Austin is getting an influx of new talent.
Four veteran GOP operatives are reportedly taking roles with the Perry team amidst faltering poll numbers, just 10 weeks before the Iowa caucuses.
Pollster Tony Fabrizio (first reported by Politico), strategists Nelson Warfield and Curt Anderson (as first reported by Time) will be joining Team Perry, as will Bush 2000 campaign guru Joe Allbaugh.
Fabrizio, who served as Dole's chief strategist in 1996, more recently worked for Gov. Rick Scott in 2010 -- along with Warfield and Anderson.
A source with knowledge of the campaign tells NBC News that Allbaugh "has been quietly helping for some time" with Perry's strategy.
It's unclear what the campaign additions mean for the existing tight-knit staff of Perry loyalists in Austin, but the beefed-up team sends a signal to donors and potential backers - especially in Rick Scott's home state of Florida and the site of Perry's debate Waterloo -- that the Texas governor is willing to assemble a formidable national campaign.
One fundraiser for Perry called the move "necessary and encouraging" and said that calls for the campaign to add more veteran professional pols increased after Perry's poor performance in the Presidency 5 events in Orlando in September.
"Wish it had happened a month ago," the person said.
The news of the staff additions came on the same day as reports that Perry will launch TV ads in Iowa beginning tomorrow. A Perry source confirmed that ads in the state are forthcoming but could not offer details on the timing of the launch.
A spokesman for Perry declined to comment on either the staff changes or the ads, saying that the campaign does not "discuss strategy."
Warfield was Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign spokesman and more recently a consultant to candidate Fred Thompson. Curt Anderson worked as a strategist for Steve Forbes in 1999 and served as the political director of the Republican National Committee under Haley Barbour.
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If these are heavy hitters, ???????? Rick Perry. Remember, You can fool some of the people some of the time but not ALL of the people all of the time. The public, including the Occupy Wall Street protesters, know what Rick Perry and the Tea Party's true agenda is: moving this country in the direction of libertarianism where the wealthy and large corporations (thanks to ALEC) gain and the rest of the Americans loose rights and monies.
Fa-get=it! It will never happen after his camp became public information.
I thought Rick Perry hated America, didn't he want to secede from the Union ?
What an @!$%# ! Now he wants to be president of the union that he hated so much ?
Go figure the Republican logic, what a bunch of bastards...
Keep spewing crap and you'll smell like crap. Obama has done such a great job I can't imagine him not winning another term. You people are on drugs. Anyone who wins the GOP nomination will defeat Obama, hands down. Don't matter if it's Perry Bauchman, Paul of Duck. Obama is toast. Accept your defeat.
The crap comes always from the right...
I hope Perry doesn't win. He is not a good speaker or debater. He is trouble
Perry is going to be asked why my grandson is still paying off a loan for college. he is an american citizen attempting to better himself. he is paying his debt and i will never vote for perry giving away free education to illegals while his own countrymen are paying heavily to go to college probally because they have to make up for perry's giveaway. Then again, maybe it would be good for texas if he was gone. The major reason he was reelected anyway, was because who the opposition was. We still have to settle his highway to canada (toll road type) contracted to a mexican company. There must be a company in texas qualified for that project? Is he running as a democrat or what this time. i know he is in the debates, but that really does not mean that much, now, does it?
Amy -- You are correct a well designed ad does not make a candidate. ; )
Erase the mistake of 08! ABBY Anybody But BO Yes we can
That has how we got the do nothing congress of today...people like you who want change no matter how bad it is. There has never been a more lying and dumb group of republicans ever running for pres.
I really enjoyed the Parade interview of Rick Perry, especially the part where the interviewer asks Perry "did you read Al Gore's book, An Inconvenient Truth" ?
Rick Perry answers, No, I don't read fiction. Guess we know where he stands on the environment.
With Slick Rick this is all just lipstick on a pig. If Steve "LOSER" Forbes endorsed Perry he's toast.
It appears to me, and I do not claim to be as smart as slick Rick, but, these four new fellows he has hired to jump start his campaign were just hoping someone would give them a call. Didn't matter who, as long as whoever it is has deeeep pockets. Any other candidate that offers more for their expertise will get honor of their presence. Idiots all, both sides. We should recycle everyone in Washington. Then let the new comers know that unless they all work together for the betterment of the country, they too will be replaced.
He was put into power then lifted up overnight by the most power group in the world, The Bilderburg Group. However he has been exposed first by the alternative media and Ron Paul. He's a total fraud. He would have do9ne better sticking with the Dems
It's the economy.....right? BO and Joe say "We can't do that" apologies
All these high=priced strategists never got anyone elected..Those who worked for Bush performed a miracle and are worth the money-They, by hook and crook, got a clear incompetent elected twice-that's a real bang for the buck. Texas and the deep rural South will go for Perry-they are politically and socially unsophisticated-Backwards would be more descriptive-but he's a loser everywhere else..
Forget Spanky- Here's one to contemplate:
OK- Mitt flips pancakes that are less that perfect. In other words, He’s a
flop flipper.
He’s rather cavalier about the whole thing, though, which makes him a
Flip flop flipper.
Because he also buys houses and fixes them up and sells them right away, he’s a
Flip flop flipper flipper.
Because he changes his story about it, though, he’s also a
Flip flop flipper flipper flip-flopper.
Needless to say, he’s not very good at it all, which makes him a
Flip flop flipper flipper flip-flopper flop.
Now, who can supply a catchy tune to go with this little bit of nonsense? maybe someone who's in a mediation, and has time on their hands...
Everything is bigger in Texas. Evidently that includes weasels also.
Not that he's hired an old pol who had pushed the splendid Steve Forbes campaign the rest of the field should just quit.
"Send in the clowns. Don't bother they're here!"
Sondheim
Herman Cain could be the answer. Maybe a strong leader. I think Perry is damaged now
Iive n Txs and unfortunately Perry is deceiving lots of folks,he's acheater living off middle class n poor.he wouldn't debate his challenger for Gov.,too scared to face facts he demolished Texas,he has a $27 bil defecit that he was warned 5 yrs ago by comproller but he wouldn't listen to reasoning ripping off poor,catering to illegals.He wouldn't accept money from the feds says he won't touch it,but took $9 bil to help with balancing budget,laid off 15,000 teachers,cut 4.5 bil from education,closed nursing homes,cut medicare from nursing homes,while he lives in $10,000 mo mansion on taxpayers with $40,000 yr lawn service,on and on,he wasn't a multi-millionaire till he got elected office,he created min wage jobs,400,000 jobs were govt related,oil n gas drilling has been going on here for 6o yrs,nothing Bush nor Perry had anything to do with,best be wise n get Perry off your mind.
Ron Paul is too much of an isolationist for this country to survive his presidency and then there is Perry who is a slick charater for sure. I don't trust what Perry says, he says whatever his current audience wants to hear. Ron Paul on the other hand does not deviate from his positions even if they are incorrect.
Wrong, he never strays from the oath he took on the constitution!
Here's the thing about Ron Paul, if he were elected, nothing needing legislation would ever get passed.
Austin, Texas is an island of Enlightenment in a sea of Ignorance....Perry lives there because he is governor, but he was not elected by Austinians-that's for sure !
Perry, Romney, Cain are all establishment RINOs. Look at the kind of "people"(banks) who donate to their campaigns, along with their various stances and you will find out quick. There's not one conservative bone in any of these candidates!
yeah all those big banks that actually PAY THEIR LOANS BACK .
The last thing the US or any country needs is a religious nut case for President.
Of course if his wife is right and God wants Perry to be President, is there really anyone that can defeat him.
How can anyone beat you if God wants you to be President...?
i just googled your statement ... it's a lie or you are a idiot
Here it is AHole...
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=Anita%20Perry&pbx=1&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=243423c6f499f635&biw=2168&bih=1296&pf=p&pdl=500
The reason why Big Money keeps backing idiots like Perry is because they know he can be bought. Just like Rove bought him when he was a democrat. He and his principals are always for sale
so tell me ... if big money backs the G.O.P. then where did Obama come up with a BILLION in campaign cash ? the poor that are sleeping under bridges ?
well , it doesn't matter who wins the G.O.P. Obama is a one term president . No more "GOD DAMN AMERICA" presidents for the United States .
Maybe your Poster Boy Dubya can come back and get us into a couple of new wars so we can waste another trillion dollars fighting imaginary enemies...
First Read Mods,
Ok, so you moved the ad from a ginormous spot on the right to rigth in the middle of every nth post. OK, let me put this plainly. I will NEVER buy anything from United Healthcare based on the number of times i have "accidenatlly" rolled over the ad, tripping an advertisement i NEVER WANTED TO SEE.
Please fix this. Pretty please?