Governor Rick Perry spoke in the same spot on the Friday before the Republican primary. Then, he was coasting in his race against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, having found a winning theme in pushing back against the invasiveness and intrusiveness of the federal government. Now, Perry’s running against former Houston Mayor Bill White, but he makes no mention of the man considered the strongest Democratic gubernatorial candidate in recent memory. “I’ll let him do that,” Perry says to reporters. “I’m all about me and Texas.”
By November 2, 2010 if Governor Perry re-elected, which after looking at the polls he is in the lead and will be Texas’ longest standing governor. As it stands now Texas debt has gone up by two and a half times while Perry has been governor. Also, during his tenure as governor, Texas unemployment rate is now almost double what it was when he took office. Being that the state of Texas is Republican majority state it will be very hard race for White to win; even with millions his campaign has spent Perry will be backed by almost every republican in the state.
These two candidates never appeared on stage together. White was willing, but Perry refused to debate him unless he released his tax returns from his days as President Bill Clinton’s U.S. deputy secretary of energy and as the chairman of the Texas Democratic Party. White was reluctant to do so, so Perry didn't. The message, White says, is simple: “People are ready for a new governor, somebody who will run state government as a public service, not as a political machine. Somebody who’s in it for Texas, not in it for himself.”
Whether you choose to vote for either the incumbent Rick Perry or the challenger Bill White, please vote for who you think is the more honorable candidate and not just by their tags which say Republican or Democrat.
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