Governor Rick Perry of Texas has added an anti-TSA search bill to the Texas state legislature's calendar. This move will play very well to a Republican base Perry may be trying to court as he prepares to test the waters for the Republican Primaries.
A few weeks ago while Perry was still flat out denying any interest in the Oval Office he removed the bill from the agenda of the Texas Legislature's Special Session. Perry cited a lack of votes to get the bill passed in his decision. Added pressure was applied by the federal government when a letter was sent to the Texas legislature claiming air traffic to Texas would be limited if the law was passed.
Now the buzz around Perry has becoming a deafening roar for the Texas Republican to enter the Presidential fray. He has advisers sprinting away from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich including two more today from Newt's fundraising office. He has an appeal to the Christian Right in his upcoming day of prayer for the United States and his strong pro-life stance and policies. Texas has created more jobs than the rest of the United States combined and has people coming in droves to the Lone Star State. Hell he's even authored a book entitled Fed Up! about recent government overreach into state's matters.
The big name Republican backers are waiting to see if Perry or former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin jump into the race. My money says Palin will not run and wait for an opening in the White House in 2016. So the big money is out there for Perry to take advantage. People are waiting to establish a conservative candidate to oppose front-runner former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
When the Republican Party needs a candidate that can win elections and needs to unify the party they go to their oil-well. The Lone Star State. This anti-TSA bill will be more than enough to draw Governor Perry into the race and may even put him ahead of Governor Romney.
This bill will give Perry more than enough momentum to carry the field and headlines if he so chooses.
Perry's Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst sabotaged the bill that was to be voted on in the special session and got the state senate to vote no on the bill when it was introduced earlier, in the month of May. Unless there's a total media blackout of them, these facts will be illuminated and will hurt Perry if he tries to take credit for the anti groping bill which his Lt governor sabotaged.
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