BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Let’s get one thing straight from the start. Gov. Rick Perry is no blow-dry George Bush clone, even though he owes his stellar political career about 75% to Bush and maybe 25% to Osama bin Laden. So what is the political profile of the Texas governor, now officially in the race as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination? A Rasmussen poll of likely Republican primary voters, has him with 29% support, […]

Rick Perry: One Lucky S.O.B.
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