Perry Already Looking Past Iowa For Reboot
Rick Perry arrived in Iowa last August like the rock star of the Republican presidential race. He is trying to make his departure a more discreet affair.
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Rick Perry arrived in Iowa last August like the rock star of the Republican presidential race. He is trying to make his departure a more discreet affair.
Ron Paul is hopeful that the Iowa supporters he has built in his bid for the Republican nomination will turn out big in the presidential caucuses.
Gov. Rick Perry is not going down without a fight.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, campaigning in Iowa's heavily conservative northwest corner the day before Tuesday's caucuses, urged conservatives to support one of their own who hasn't been part of the Washington and Wall Street establishments.
Rick Perry wasn't supposed to be the underdog. When he announced his presidential campaign back in August, the governor looked like the strongest challenger to Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination. Then came the debates.
After a quick nosedive, a more humble Texas governor has been trying to claw his way back into the GOP presidential field with a different approach.
Ron Paul received a welcome befitting a man with a serious chance to win next week's Iowa Republican presidential caucuses as he arrived in the state.
Republican Michele Bachmann did the Texas two-swipe Wednesday in her push to gain ground before next week's presidential caucuses in Iowa.
Leading in some state polls, Ron Paul is getting a look from mainstream voters in Iowa, where the 76-year-old has emerged as a serious contender.
The Iowa Caucuses, the first in the nation, are only a few weeks away. And this wednesday, Governor Rick Perry will kick-off his two-week, 44-stop bus tour through the Hawkeye State.
Hoping to build momentum after a strong performance in his latest nationally televised debate, Gov. Rick Perry hit a Sunday morning TV show, spoke at two church services and staged a boisterous rally at a coffee shop in central Iowa.
Is it time for Governor Rick Perry to end his presidential campaign? He might be asking the same question after the results of a new poll.
Rick Perry will famously remember the three federal agencies he wants to shut down in a key policy speech in Iowa on Tuesday, but the "oops" heard around the world is still a big hurdle here.
Meet Rick Perry, lifelong hunter. He's floundered on the debate stage. He's stumbled on immigration. But the Perry who showed up for a pheasant hunt on a chilly Iowa Saturday was perfectly, naturally at ease – and not afraid to talk about it.
In August, Ashley Sewell went to South Carolina to watch Governor Perry throw his hat into the race. "When he announced his candidacy he was so polished, so put together, and everybody believed everything he said. As we've gone along, it's gotten a little off-kilter."
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday signed a pledge to push for construction of a fence along the entire length of the border with Mexico, raising the issue of illegal immigration in an Iowa town where about one third of the residents are Hispanic.
The 19th-ranked Longhorns trounced UCLA 49-20 on Saturday. They'll be seeking payback after losing to Iowa State for the first time in 2010.
Gov. Rick Perry officially started his campaign for President on Saturday, and voters are already asking tough questions about his record.
Now that Texas Governor Rick Perry is running for president, voters in Iowa are starting to zero in on his record. The governor is not only being criticized by Democrats, but by some conservatives too.
Michele Bachmann may have won the Ames Straw Poll, but Rick Perry is getting the rock star treatment in Iowa.
The biggest development of the Republican presidential campaign on Thursday happened 1,000 miles from the leadoff caucus state.
Perry and Palin. Palin and Perry. Either way, their supporters may argue that ticket has a nice ring to it. But will it ring true with voters in 2012? And will it even happen?
