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rainbow4321

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7. He took lobbyists along with him to Iowa

Reply to starroute (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 12:51 AM

Jan 2012

Saw an article in our Dallas paper that said he had TX lobbyists and various politicians running around Iowa for him. They never did mention the name of those TX lobbyists but I imagine those are the deep pockets he is reaching into. Question is, will those lobbyists now pack up and come back to TX. Given his track record of giving special deals/office appointments to those lobbyists, they may stick with him for a little bit because he is dangling a federal position in front of them. But sooner or later they will call his bluff.

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Can someone explain to me where the heck Perry is getting all this money from [View all] bigdarryl Jan 2012 OP

He spent $5.6 million on ads, got about 12,000 votes=$500 per vote FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #1

Texas big oil. Who else? RBInMaine Jan 2012 #4

big banks SixthSense Jan 2012 #2

big oil. craigmatic Jan 2012 #3

Go to the Texas forum and see what we have been dealing with for 10 years. efhmc Jan 2012 #5

Texas runs on a system of crony politics starroute Jan 2012 #6

He took lobbyists along with him to Iowa rainbow4321 Jan 2012 #7

Looks like he might be thinking of dropping out bigdarryl Jan 2012 #8