Perry’s Super PAC Keeps Its Distance From Him

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Before Rick Perry’s campaign was a campaign — way back, you know, three months ago, when the governor was busy telling everyone that he wasn’t going to run for national office — talk of Super PACs and the Citizens United case was all about how easy it would be for corporations to donate money to campaigns.

Now it’s clear they don’t need the campaigns at all.
It’s a dream for the sort of person who likes being a political worker but hates the candidates. And the dream is coming true. It will soon be possible to run a campaign without dealing with candidates or their spouses and families. Maybe not this cycle, but soon.

The dreamy part has to do with consultants going to work at 9 a.m. and getting out by 5 p.m. to go home and coach soccer like parents who aren’t in politics. No more banquets of pizza and Red Bull. No debate prep. No trips to those early primary states that are smaller than Texas counties. No white papers on boring issues. Fewer calls from the ankle-biters in the news media. None of the real or manufactured drama of a political campaign...cont'd


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/us/ross-ramsey-rick-perry-and-the-power-of-super-pacs.html?ref=texas