The Midday Brief: Oct. 19, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Perry lays out plans for a flat tax; rivalry between Perry and Romney gets personal; five men are arrested in San Antonio for either a strange prank or a terrorist plot. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/3c974698aae631683e26d7eb3efa3c71/BD%20INC%20Perry%20Screen%20CMS%202011)
-
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
Special Guest at Las Vegas Debate? A New Rick Perry
A new Rick Perry showed up to the GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas. In his strongest performance yet, Perry took every opportunity to attack Mitt Romney, and to turn the attention back to his talking points and rehearsed lines. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryVegas.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Gage Skidmore / Michael Koukoullis -
Liveblog: High Stakes for Perry in Tonight's Debate
We liveblogged the CNN/Western Republican Leadership Conference debate at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, where Gov. Rick Perry had one more shot to make a better impression before a several-week debate hiatus. Full Story
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Gage Skidmore / Michael Koukoullis -
The Brief: Oct. 18, 2011
If Gov. Rick Perry can make it through tonight's Republican debate unscathed, he might be in the clear. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/XPerryCMS_1.jpg)
![Gov. Rick Perry at the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College on Oct. 11, 2011.]()
Credit: Pool -
Search Perry's Presidential Campaign Donations
Use our news application to search Gov. Rick Perry's itemized third-quarter campaign finance filings and see who has financially supported the governor in his first national political race. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryEarns.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Gage Skidmore -
Search: Perry's Q3 Presidential Campaign Expenditures
Use our news application to search Gov. Rick Perry's itemized third-quarter campaign finance filings and see his expenditures in his first national political race. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerrySpends.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Gage Skidmore -
Perry Looking Past Las Vegas Debate to Ads, Retail Politics
For Gov. Rick Perry, the best news about tonight’s nationally televised debate may be what comes next: fewer nationally televised debates. Full Story
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Gage Skidmore / Michael Koukoullis -
Visualization: Perry's Campaign Finances in the Third Quarter
Use our data visualizations to see how Gov. Rick Perry has financially performed so far in his first political effort at the national level, and compare his efforts with the other Republican candidates and with President Obama. Full Story
Credit: Illustration by Bob Daemmrich / Ryan Murphy -
The Brief: Oct. 17, 2011
Gov. Rick Perry may be taking a softer-than-expected approach with Mitt Romney. At least for now. Full Story
Credit: Illustration by Bob Daemmrich / Gage Skidmore / Todd Wiseman -
Perry's 1990 Attack Ad Against Hightower Still Stirs Talk of Racism
Critics largely gave Gov. Rick Perry a pass for hunting on a deer lease that once carried an ugly racist name. But one of his attack ads from 1990 is still making racially tinged waves. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Perry_Hightower.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Ed Schipul / Todd Wiseman -
Perry "Hates" Cancer, but Budget Cuts Slash Cervical Cancer Screenings
Gov. Rick Perry "hates" cervical cancer, which is why he tried to make the HPV vaccine mandatory. Yet he signed a budget that defunds Planned Parenthood, which provides four times more cervical cancer screenings in Texas than abortions. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Perry_HPV.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Gage Skidmore / Ed Uthman -
Video: The Toomey Effect
The Trib's Jay Root and Jim Rutenberg of The New York Times take a look at what powerful lobbyist Mike Toomey has done to help Rick Perry as governor — and how he's trying to get him elected president of the United States. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/PerryToomey2.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson interactively asks if stimulus funds created jobs in Texas, Aguilar on new voter registrar rules that could decrease voter turnout, Galbraith on a UT professor's debunking of climate change "myths," Grissom on an epic clash of El Paso political titans, Hamilton on the right's new higher ed guru, Murphy maps household data from the 2010 Census, Ramsey on a coming rules fight in the Texas Senate, Root and M. Smith on Rick Perry's performance at the New Hampshire debate and M. Smith talks public ed cuts with the state's Superintendent of the Year: The best of our best content from October 10-14, 2011. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/10102011_Tribweek.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman -
Perry Files Federal Campaign Finance Report
Gov. Rick Perry today submitted his third quarter campaign finance report to the Federal Election Commission, reporting that his PAC, RickPerry.org Inc, raised $17 million from August 1 to September 30. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
In Perry's Texas, the Man Behind the Curtain
Behind every politician there are men and women working in the wings, who can make calls, fix problems, raise money, punish enemies. In Rick Perry’s world, one man stands above them all: Mike Toomey. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryToomey.jpg)
![Toomey with Perry in the Texas House in 1985.]()
Credit: Texas State Library & Archives Commision / The Texas Tribune -
Parsing Perry's Energy Plan
Gov. Rick Perry today announced initial details of his energy-centric jobs plan. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune examines how the plan, centered on domestic drilling, has fared with energy experts. Full Story
![Gov. Rick Perry at the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College on Oct. 11, 2011.]()
Credit: Pool -
Video: Perry Talks Jobs, Religion on the Morning Shows
Gov. Rick Perry made appearances on the morning news shows to preview the announcement of his big jobs plan, but the hosts wanted to talk more about Anita Perry, religion and polls. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
In Pennsylvania, Perry Calls to Energize America
Looking to turn the corner after a series of flat debate performances, Gov. Rick Perry today delivered the first major economic policy speech of his presidential campaign, calling for "a 'made in America' energy revolution." Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/IMG_1331.jpg)
![Gov. Rick Perry tours a steel mill in West Mifflin, Pa. before giving a speech there on Oct. 14.]()
Credit: Graphic by Ben Philpott -
The Brief: Oct. 14, 2011
During Gov. Rick Perry's major policy speech today, expect to hear echoes of a familiar refrain: drill, baby, drill. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
In State Leadership Changes, Timing is Everything
The easiest way to win an election is to have the votes. The next easiest way is to change the rules of the election. Some political folks, inside and outside the Texas Senate, are looking at the rules. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b4c7ceaaeb6f1d72e3dd3018517aa327/DONT%20USE%20Perry%203rd%20Quarter%202011)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c43407ced5292117e002a02bfd8ff792/BD%20INC%20Perry%20Romney%20Split%202011)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/88e8ba34674aff4da19a16cbccbf0452/BD%20INC%20Orange%20City%20Perry%20096%202011)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/aaa224e5a8dfda43ebe081ff00d2f7ed/BD%20INC%20TV%20Lights%202011)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/e6659be6272e6728c7dfeda3b4c1e3bf/BD%20INC%20Sioux%20City%20Perry%20061%202011)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/aa53ca7949c4c403316412c0699c618e/BD%20INC%20Perry%20Dewhurst%202011)