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Possible Palin-Perry or Romney-Perry ticket for 2012
by Joseph Ernest November 6, 2010
Related article: VIDEO - Sarah Palin and Rick Perry campaigning (pop-up)
Newscast Media ATLANTA, GA -- Governor Rick Perry is embarking on a book tour that has sparked intense speculation as to whether he is setting the stage for a 2012 presidential run. The governor has said he has the best job in the world as governor and has dismissed those rumors, but that doesn't mean if he were asked to be a running mate he would turn the offer down.
Perry attained the governorship when George W. Bush ran for president in 2000 while Perry was Lt. governor. He has successfully been able to win all subsequent gubernatorial races and has served for ten years.
Rick Perry is well known in Texas but there are still many who aren't familiar with him across America. It would make sense for Perry to embark on the "Fed Up!" book tour and introduce himself to the American electorate, and also feel the pulse of the nation at large. His book could then be used as an instrument to lay out his policies to the American people.
Should a candidate like Mitt Romney or Sarah Palin win the GOP nomination, Perry could be asked to be a running mate for either one of them since he is friends with both of them and has hosted them in Texas. A possible Romney-Perry or Palin-Perry ticket wouldn't be surprising. All Perry has to do is deliver the majority of the states Bush won in 2004 and then campaign with either Palin or Romney to capture some states in the northeast and in the west, and with the help of the Tea Party, and all that good hair, anything could happen.
If for example the GOP wins in 2012, he could serve as vice president just as he did Lt. governor, and let the American people get to know him on a national scale. He could thereafter run for president at a later time. In a CNN interview with Eliot Spitzer Perry denied that he has plans to run in 2012, but did not say that he would turn down an offer to be a running mate if asked. He also did not hesitate to let the hosts know what he thought about Washington.
"Washington has abused the constitution. You go back to Woodrow Wilson, you start with the income tax amendment allowed to be used to fund all these programs of government, then you really see the explosion during the new deal, and the government has now become this nanny for us, and I think, the Tea Parties and the election Tuesday night, was a confirmation that Americans are really ready for Washington to quit spending all this money that they don't have on programs that we don't want," Perry said.
He continued to say, "I really believe that the governors are more closely aligned with the people of this country, and let the states compete, that's how our founding fathers foresaw this country -- the states being the laboratories of innovation."
ON SOCIAL SECURITY
"Let's have the discussion though. What does that mean to people? Here's what I would think would be a very wise thing. In 1981, Matagorda, Brazoria and Galveston counties all opted out of Social Security programs, today their program is well-funded and today, there is no question whether it is going to be funded in the coming years," Perry said.
Eliot Spitzer then asked the governor, "So you want to let people opt out?"
To which Perry replied, "I think, let the states decide if that's what's best for their cities."
Spitzer followed up with, "So the states will let people opt out of Social Security?"
Perry replied, "I think they should." Add Comments>>
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