Post-Rudy Perry signs on with John McCain
Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined the John McCain bandwagon this afternoon, following the path blazed by Rudy Giuliani, his first choice in this year's GOP presidential sweepstakes.
On Wednesday, Giuliani dropped his own bid for the White House and endorsed McCain after finishing a poor third in the Florida primary the day before. Perry stumped for the former New York mayor both in Florida and in Iowa to no avail.
But the governor and McCain are not strangers. Perry and the Arizona senator made a joint appearance in Houston in April 2006 for something of a dog-and-pony show on how Texas handled the back-to-back storms of Katrina and Rita the previous summer.
The visit prompted speculation that maybe McCain was conducting an early interview for possible running mates in 2008. He was then, and is again, the GOP frontrunner. But McCain downplayed any notion that his Texas visit was tied to any election-year jockeying.
"When we two get together, we never talk politics. Never," McCain said at the time with a broad smile.
No immediate word on when they'll meet again.
I wouldn't vote for anyone Perry indorses. He's as big a criminal, a politician can be. The way he voted shows us what his interest are and who controls his back pocket controls his decisions.
_ A PUPIT or Greed? Any way you look at it, we loose.
Why do we only see three republicans in the Feb. 5th paper? Its government control and our vote won't madder anyways. But if you do go out to vote, give it to Ron Paul, the only man that’s backed by the people and his interest are in this country and its people and their children’s children.
James Arnold
Posted by: James Arnold | February 05, 2008 at 07:36 AM