At one point in 2012, Perry was far ahead of all the other Republican contenders.\u00a0 Then he went brain dead on national TV.\u00a0\u00a0 His failure to remember which Department he wanted to eliminate was painful to watch.\u00a0 Perry never recovered.\u00a0\u00a0 Many people thought he never would recover.\u00a0 They could easily be wrong, because of the gift Barack Obama handed him this week.<\/p>\n
Obama met Perry in Dallas and he treated Perry as an equal.\u00a0 While Obama followed his typical pattern of trashing Republicans in congress, he admitted that Rick Perry had a point.\u00a0 Then, incredibly, Obama asked Perry for help in getting Republicans in congress to pass immigration reform.\u00a0 If you are a Perry fan, he couldn\u2019t have scripted this any better.\u00a0 Obama did more for Rick Perry today than Chris Christie did for Obama following Hurricane Sandy.<\/p>\n
The all too public Perry collapse was so painful that one would be foolish to think he has put that entirely behind him.\u00a0 But it would also be foolish to ignore this man.\u00a0 Rick Perry is someone who absolutely can energize the base.\u00a0 He just may be the best politician in the country at selling conservative values.\u00a0 The man can bring a crowd to its feet.\u00a0 In addition, he has been a very successful Governor of Texas and that is a solid resume when one is running for President.\u00a0 A strong charismatic governor from a big state can be a formidable candidate.<\/p>\n
I remember when Ronald Reagan was running for President.\u00a0 For a long time the pundits in the main stream media always described him as just some actor.\u00a0 Then one night I heard one of the news anchors throw out the typical class \u201cB\u201d actor slam, but then he paused and said:\u00a0 But Ronald Reagan was also a very successful governor of California for two terms and we cannot ignore that.\u00a0 That was when I realized that Ronald Reagan was going to be the next President of the United States.<\/p>\n
There is a long way to go and among other things Perry is capable of another act of self-destruction.\u00a0 He is not yet there, but he is off the mat and back in the fight.<\/p>\n
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At one point in 2012, Perry was far ahead of all the other Republican contenders.\u00a0 Then he went brain dead on national TV.\u00a0\u00a0 His failure to remember which Department he wanted to eliminate was painful to watch.\u00a0 Perry never recovered.\u00a0\u00a0 … Continue reading