Rick Perry on 2016: 'I'm ready'

[Suzanimal]

Gov. Rick Perry says he's finished preparations for a 2016 presidential campaign and will announce his intentions "at the appropriate time."

The Texas Republican, whose 2012 presidential campaign was plagued by gaffes and organizational issues, said he's ready for a new type of campaign now that he's free to focus all his effort on a race.

"I don't shy away from the fact that I have been preparing," Perry, who is leaving office after a 14-year tenure, told the Associated Press Friday. "Preparation's done. I'm ready."

“This is my last public speech [as governor], so I have a few things to say," Perry said at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting in San Diego on Friday, according to the Texas Tribune. "First among them: Thank you for helping us elect a Republican majority in both houses of Congress."

Perry also took the opportunity to jab President Obama for failing to attend an anti-terror march in Paris earlier this week.

"Leaders of the Western world gathered in the streets of Paris and our president was nowhere to be found," Perry said. "When leaders of the world gather to stand against terrorism, the president of the United States needs to be there. He needs to be standing on the front row."

Perry also took aim at the immigration debate, blaming Congress for failing to take action and Obama for acting on his own.

"The fact is Congress should’ve acted many years ago. But the answer isn’t an executive order to bypass Congress. The answer is to work with Congress to secure the border."

Perry is currently 10th in the RealClearPolitics polling average for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, although one candidate ahead of Perry — Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan — has said he won't be running.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush leads the field at 17 percentage points.

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[William Tell]

Good bye, Rick. You're finally not TX Governor anymore, you won't be missed. I hope the door hits you on the way out.

 

[VIDEODROME]

 

[Dianne]

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Gotta love the artist rendering )) ... Rick Perry may be ready, but I'm sure not ready for him.

 

[anaconda]

"Preparation's done." Perry has memorized three federal departments.

 

[Matt McGuire]

Would there really be any support for this guy? I mean in all seriousness, does he actually think he has a chance of winning, given his performance last time around along with the crowded 2016 competition?

 

[philipped]

LMAO @ him seriously running to be the next President.

 

[Suzanimal]

Would there really be any support for this guy? I mean in all seriousness, does he actually think he has a chance of winning, given his performance last time around along with the crowded 2016 competition?

I can't imagine he has too much support. Honestly, I have no idea why some of these guys are running.

 

[acptulsa]

I can't imagine he has too much support. Honestly, I have no idea why some of these guys are running.

He isn't--at least not yet. He's sticking his toes in the water.

That said, the powers that be will throw money at anyone who might siphon some votes off of Paul.

 

[THX 1138]

At best he is another professional clown, masquerading as a grass roots "conservative". At worst, he is just as dangerous as Obama.


Just my view.

 

[NIU Students for Liberty]

Someone wants his own talk show on Fox News

 

[Suzanimal]

Someone wants his own talk show on Fox News

Good point. I didn't even think of that.:o

 

[TaftFan]

Someone wants his own talk show on Fox News

You think he can read a teleprompter?

I think he wants a cabinet position. Probably his old position he had in Texas: Sec. of Agriculture.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Honestly, I have no idea why some of these guys are running.

 

[jmdrake]

Good. Dilute the rino vote.

 

[TaftFan]

Good. Dilute the rino vote.

The "RINO vote" will be divided between Bush, Romney, and Christie, and perhaps a bit of Walker. Perry will compete for the Santorum/Huck and Cruz blocs, but their presence will doom his candidacy from the onset.

 

[Uriah]

There is slight tepid support for Perry in Iowa.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

There is slight tepid support for Perry in Iowa.

That much?

Perry jumped into the presidential race in 2011 to much fanfare from the media. He raised a huge amount of money in six weeks ($17,000,000), way more than anyone else in the same time frame, and surged to first-place in all the polls.

Then Perry completely bombed in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

What's changed? He's still a Texas dope who gives too many people PTSD flashbacks of George W. Bush.

 

[Uriah]

This race is getting crowded and I don't think there is much room for Perry. there is little enthusiasm for Rick Perry at least in my neck of the woods in Iowa.

 

[William Tell]