How low will Rick Perry go?
Sinking to new depths, he brings on Bush "brawn" Joe Allbaugh, who backed Giuliani in '08. Is Perry the next Rudy?
By Joan Walsh
Salon.com
Rick Perry’s craven embrace of birtherism in Parade Magazine shouldn’t surprise anyone. Much like Mitt Romney, he’ll say whatever he thinks he needs to in order to win election. But he’s not as smart as Romney, and he’s got no chance in a general election unless he climbs from his new depths in the Republican primary pack. So the man who’s been known to flatter secessionists made a play for the birther vote this weekend, along with the support of the movement’s leader, Donald Trump.
Steve Kornacki wrote about Perry’s ludicrous descent into birtherism here; I don’t want it to be distractive, or a distractication, as Jonathan Capehart put it. I’m just starting to wonder how low Perry can go, and not only in terms of political bottom-feeding. How low is he willing to go in terms of poll numbers? Is there any point at which declining poll numbers, debate disasters and not ready for prime-time moments like the Parade interview will convince Perry he’s hurting himself on the national stage, and it’s time to head back to the ranch?
It’s probably the wrong time to be asking this question: Only today Perry’s team made headlines by announcing that George W. Bush 2000 campaign manager Joe Allbaugh, known as Bush’s “brawn” to Karl Rove’s “brain,” will join Perry’s team as a high-level advisor. One anonymous source told the Texas Tribune Allbaugh would be running the campaign, and the Dallas Morning News’ Wayne Slater just said the same thing on “Hardball.”
(More here.)
By Joan Walsh
Salon.com
Rick Perry’s craven embrace of birtherism in Parade Magazine shouldn’t surprise anyone. Much like Mitt Romney, he’ll say whatever he thinks he needs to in order to win election. But he’s not as smart as Romney, and he’s got no chance in a general election unless he climbs from his new depths in the Republican primary pack. So the man who’s been known to flatter secessionists made a play for the birther vote this weekend, along with the support of the movement’s leader, Donald Trump.
Steve Kornacki wrote about Perry’s ludicrous descent into birtherism here; I don’t want it to be distractive, or a distractication, as Jonathan Capehart put it. I’m just starting to wonder how low Perry can go, and not only in terms of political bottom-feeding. How low is he willing to go in terms of poll numbers? Is there any point at which declining poll numbers, debate disasters and not ready for prime-time moments like the Parade interview will convince Perry he’s hurting himself on the national stage, and it’s time to head back to the ranch?
It’s probably the wrong time to be asking this question: Only today Perry’s team made headlines by announcing that George W. Bush 2000 campaign manager Joe Allbaugh, known as Bush’s “brawn” to Karl Rove’s “brain,” will join Perry’s team as a high-level advisor. One anonymous source told the Texas Tribune Allbaugh would be running the campaign, and the Dallas Morning News’ Wayne Slater just said the same thing on “Hardball.”
(More here.)
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