NPR: Texas Gov. Rick Perry https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141479724 Texas Gov. Rick Perry en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 06:12:55 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Texas Gov. Rick Perry https://www.npr.org/tags/141479724/texas-gov-rick-perry Rick Perry Co-Stars In Texas Political Drama Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis isn't the only Texas politician whose political prospects have been advanced by the ongoing drama surrounding anti-abortion legislation. Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/06/27/196309985/rick-perry-co-stars-in-texas-political-drama https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/06/27/196309985/rick-perry-co-stars-in-texas-political-drama Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis isn't the only Texas politician whose political prospects have been advanced by the ongoing drama surrounding anti-abortion legislation.

]]> Frank James Perry Sees 'No Viable Path Forward': The Fall Of A Once Promising Front-Runner Rick Perry garnered instant front-runner status in some polls when he joined the GOP presidential race. But he slid to the back of the pack after embarrassing debate performances. All along, his bid for the nomination seemed outsize. So, too, were the expectations, which ended Thursday. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:46:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/01/03/144648762/perry-sees-no-viable-path-forward-the-fall-of-a-once-promising-front-runner https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/01/03/144648762/perry-sees-no-viable-path-forward-the-fall-of-a-once-promising-front-runner

Rick Perry garnered instant front-runner status in some polls when he joined the GOP presidential race. But he slid to the back of the pack after embarrassing debate performances. All along, his bid for the nomination seemed outsize. So, too, were the expectations, which ended Thursday.

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]]> Corey Dade Perry Shakes Up Campaign Leadership With Bush and Dole Operatives Texas Gov. Rick Perry's struggling campaign turns to tried-and-true Republican operatives to shore up its efforts as weeks tick down to primary season. One is a veteran of disaster management. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:28:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/10/24/141657786/perry-shakes-up-campaign-leadership-with-bush-and-dole-operatives https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/10/24/141657786/perry-shakes-up-campaign-leadership-with-bush-and-dole-operatives Joe Allbaugh, left, speaks to the press in Austin, Texas, in this Jan. 4, 2001, photo after being named as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency by then President-elect George W. Bush.

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry's struggling campaign turns to tried-and-true Republican operatives to shore up its efforts as weeks tick down to primary season. One is a veteran of disaster management.

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]]> Liz Halloran Rick Perry 'Brothers' Herman Cain And Sets Some Nerves On Edge In the U.S. when a white man calls a black man "brother" and if they are not actually brothers (think adoption), or in a fraternity, or soldiers sharing a fighting position, indeed, if they are strangers or close to it, many a brotherized black man will immediately feel condescended to. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:58:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/10/19/141514168/rick-perry-brothers-herman-cain-and-sets-nerves-on-edge https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/10/19/141514168/rick-perry-brothers-herman-cain-and-sets-nerves-on-edge In the U.S. when a white man calls a black man "brother" and if they are not actually brothers (think adoption), or in a fraternity, or soldiers sharing a fighting position, indeed, if they are strangers or close to it, many a brotherized black man will immediately feel condescended to.

]]> Frank James What Word Comes To Mind When You Think Of The GOP Candidates? How to explain Herman Cain's ascent among Republican presidential candidates?Perhaps a partial reason is that he so far evokes more positive than negative responses among Republicans and GOP leaning independents in a Pew Research Center/Washington Post survey than two other highly touted candidates in the race, Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:41:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/10/18/141476561/poll-cain-rubs-more-gop-voters-positively-than-romney-perry https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/10/18/141476561/poll-cain-rubs-more-gop-voters-positively-than-romney-perry How to explain Herman Cain's ascent among Republican presidential candidates?Perhaps a partial reason is that he so far evokes more positive than negative responses among Republicans and GOP leaning independents in a Pew Research Center/Washington Post survey than two other highly touted candidates in the race, Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

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