Rick Perry: Deft Leader or Teflon Governor?

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislative-session/rick-perry-deft-leader-or-teflon-governor/

Gov. Rick Perry went five-for-six on the emergency issues he declared for this session. A ban on sanctuary cities, an idea borne of his 2010 reelection campaign, died in the Senate during the regular session and in the House during the special session. Everything else got through the Legislature: Voter ID, pre-abortion sonograms, limits on eminent domain, an appeal to Congress for a balanced federal budget, and making losers pay the costs of the lawsuits they start.

Some of those were outright wins, like the Voter ID bill that reads pretty much like its promoters wanted it to read. Some, like loser pays, were heavily amended versions of what was originally proposed. It's still a potent political line, but isn't the big policy change Perry and others originally sought.

Conservatives — even some who aren't happy with the session's outcomes — generally praise the governor. He's got a knack for keeping the factions in the party happy, or at least subdued in their criticism. Attribute it to a Teflon coating, to his decisive win in a divided primary against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and GOP activist Debra Medina last year, or to luck, but Perry is coming out of the legislative session without many bruises.

"I would say it's masterful," says Michael Williams, a former railroad commission who's now running for Congress. "I don't think I've seen a politician as artful as Perry."

[Richardo]

1. *daft

:D

[sonias]

2. This is what scares me

He's a better bullshiter than even bushie was. And our nation is stupid enough to give him a go.

"There's a good reason why Republicans say buzzwords like 'states rights'," he says. "He's giving them the buzzwords to hear that he's one of them, while leaving the rest of the electorate clueless."

It's the clueless part that really has me worried.

We know the media never grills him and he's getting a beauty pass. They want conflict, so they want a pretty boy who is good on the eyes, plus he's the sock puppet for the corporations who continue to rob this country blind!
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