http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0811\/61366.html<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0He has already demonstrated that he is not terribly concerned about playing the political game.\u00a0 He participated in that national prayer meeting because he thought it was the right thing to do and he didn\u2019t really care if anyone agreed or not.\u00a0 On several occasions he has said it is time for conservatives to stop apologizing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Democrats and Republicans have underestimated this man for years.\u00a0 There is no doubt that the Republican establishment is not all that thrilled with Rick Perry.\u00a0 That is why they ran Kay Bailey Hutchison against him in the primary last year.\u00a0 He won easily.\u00a0 Then the Democrats were sure they had a good chance of beating him in the general election.\u00a0 They hated him, so they stupidly assumed everyone else would agree.\u00a0 He beat Bill White, the former Mayor of Houston, 55 to 42.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t even close.<\/p>\n
The Republican establishment is firmly convinced that only moderates win elections.\u00a0 Rick Perry is far from a moderate.\u00a0 They fear that a truly conservative candidate will alienate the coveted independent vote.\u00a0 That is why they preferred John McCain to Mike Huckabee and why they will prefer Mitt Romney to Rick Perry.\u00a0 But this time the RNC is finding out that the Tea Party is for real, it means what it says and it has low tolerance for those who compromise with the extreme left.\u00a0 The Tea Party is not a political party, it is a grass roots political awakening.\u00a0 Unless I am missing something, they are going to love Rick Perry.<\/p>\n
When George W. Bush first ran for Governor of Texas no one gave him a chance of beating Ann Richards, a Democratic superstar.\u00a0 I didn’t even know who George W. Bush was, but I happened to be in Texas and saw one of his ads.\u00a0 He just looked into the camera and said “Texas is not a state, it is a state of mind.”\u00a0 He defeated her in a landslide because everyone understood what he mean.\u00a0 At some point Rick Perry is going to say that the Tea Party is not a political party, it is just the loud voice of the American people who are fed up with the political establishment.<\/p>\n
This could be the ultimate reality TV show.\u00a0 At a minimum, it will be fun to watch.<\/p>\n
\u00a0TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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