Rick "the coyote was gonna bite my dog so I shot him" Perry will officially announce his bid for the GOP nomination on June 4 in Dallas. His current poll numbers have him at 3% in the "no other or someone else" categories. Will his
$500 hipster glasses make the crucial difference this time around.
It will be the second run at the White House for Perry. His previous bid, in 2012, got off to a promising start, with strong polling and fundraising numbers. But the wheels quickly came off the wagon - Perry's hasty launch afforded him little opportunity to prepare, and a number of awkward appearances on the campaign trail took their toll. (Many recall the infamous primary debate moment during which Perry failed to recall one of three Cabinet departments he proposed shuttering, offering an "oops" in place of an answer.) He ultimately dropped out after disappointing showings in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.
The former secretary of state tops the Democratic field with 60 percent and leads top Republican contenders, except Sen. Rubio, (In a general election matchup, Clinton gets 45 percent of American voters to 43 percent for Rubio.) in head-to-head matchups, the independent Quinnipiac University Poll finds.
The Republican primary field shows Rubio with 15 percent, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with 13 percent and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with 11 percent. No other candidate tops 9 percent and 14 percent remain undecided.
Rick Perry's indictment
A Political Action Committee supporting Perry, RickPAC, used Perry's mugshot on a US$25 T-shirt to raise money, the front featuring Perry’s mugshot with a stamp that says "WANTED for securing the border and defeating Democrats", and on the back featuring Lehmberg’s mugshot with the caption "GUILTY for driving while intoxicated and perversion of justice." The mugshot went viral when it was released and people added their own touches and overlays to the photo in social media
h/t the late Molly Ivins
This, in turn, brings up the interesting role of coincidence in the life of Gov. Goodhair. Last summer, the Guv appointed an Enron executive to the state's Public Utilities Commission and, the next day, Perry got a check for $25,000 from Ken Lay. He explained this, to everyone's satisfaction, as being "totally coincidental."