AUGUST 26, 2011 Notable & Quotable Education columnist Andrew Rotherham writing about Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s criticisms of Texas. Education columnist Andrew Rotherham writing at Time.com on Aug. 19: Why is Arne Duncan messing with Texas? I asked the Secretary of Education about this a few hours after he injected himself into the presidential-election scrum. […]
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AUGUST 26, 2011 ByJONATHAN WEISMAN Texas Gov. Rick Perry, along with a slew of other Republican governors, faces a dilemma: Do they apply for millions of dollars in federal grants by September to begin establishing state-run health insurance exchanges, or let the deadline slide, lose the federal money and risk falling into a federally run
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Washington Post… Right Turn Blog August 24 2011 Jewish vote in play in 2012? By Jennifer Rubin Washington Jewish Week reports that longtime Democratic operative Ira Forman (who ran the National Jewish Democratic Coalition) has been hired on to run Obama’s Jewish outreach efforts for 2012: As a former Clinton administration official who managed the
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Laura Ingraham interviews Rick Perry – Audio Radio Interview http://www.lauraingraham.com/b/AUDIO:-Gov.-Rick-Perry-gives-first-national-radio-interview-as-presidential-candidate/241509387705714730.html
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AUGUST 19, 2011 Liberals try to discredit the Lone Star State’s economic success. Rick Perry is not the subtlest politician, but he looks like Pericles next to the liberals falling over themselves to discredit job creation in Texas. We’d have thought any new jobs would be a blessing when 25 million Americans are looking for
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THE WASHINGTON POST By Philip Rucker, Published: August 17 A sharp divide has emerged between two leading Republican presidential candidates on the issue of climate change. While apparent front-runner Mitt Romney believes the world is getting warmer and that humans are contributing to that pattern, Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday called that “a scientific theory
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AUGUST 18, 2011 By ALICIA MUNDY Texas Gov. Rick Perry, under questioning from voters in recent days, has switched positions on a 2007 executive order he issued mandating the vaccination of all young girls before they enter sixth grade to ward off cervical cancer. Mr. Perry’s order that Texas school girls receive the vaccine, Gardasil,
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An Analysis of Rick Perry’s record as Governor of Texas http://peskytruth.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/rick-perrys-negatives/
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AUGUST 13, 2011 The presidential candidate’s signature economic development initiative has raised questions among conservatives. By CHARLES DAMERON Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential pitch goes something like this: During one of the worst recessions in American history, he’s kept his state “open for business.” In the last two years, Texas created over a quarter of a
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