Rick Perry Ramps Up

[Jeremy]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is inviting hundreds of prominent Republican donors and policy experts to a series of gatherings next month that are intended to rebuild his damaged national brand and lay the foundation for a potential 2016 presidential campaign, fundraisers and organizers confirmed to POLITICO.

The small-group sessions kick off Tuesday and Wednesday in Austin with a pair of lunches and dinners held in the governor’s mansion wedged between policy briefings at the nearby office of Perry senior adviser Jeff Miller. In all, Perry’s team expects he will meet in person with more than 500 major donors and bundlers from around the country in December as well as a slew of operatives, Republican National Committee members and policy experts.

Perry’s intensive month of foundation-building comes as other prospective Republican presidential candidates – notably former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz – are engaging with the wealthy Texans who for years have been among the GOP’s most significant sources of cash. As the heir to a political dynasty with deep Texas ties, Bush in particular could seriously cut into Perry’s financial base. Bush over the last few months has met with major Texas donors.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/rick-perry-2016-campaign-113210.html

 

[Kotin]

Lol any potential campaign that begins with "rebuilding his damaged national brand" is a huge dead-on-arrival scenario..

 

[ctiger2]

Perry must be a glutton for punishment. He'll be good for more than a few gaffe's as he's very Biden'esque.

 

[specsaregood]

Let's just make sure he has ample access to opioids and hookers of many genders.

 

[Jamesiv1]

He's wearing glasses this time, so its all good.

 

[philipped]

Lol any potential campaign that begins with "rebuilding his damaged national brand" is a huge dead-on-arrival scenario..

And anybody going behind him is literally giving up any political capitol they have backing a loser lmao.

 

[Spikender]

He's just following orders to be yet another face for the drones to focus on in order to distract from candidates and issues that matter. Think of him as fodder for them to field questions and interviews to instead of candidates who actually stand for something.