Topic: Rick Perry

Perry seeks distance from Romney at debate

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Rick Perry headed into a U.S. presidential debate on Thursday looking to put more distance between himself and rival Mitt Romney and rebound from two uneven performances with his competitors.Perry, Romney and six other candidates take the ...

Republicans vying to take on Obama in 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopefuls gathered in Florida on Thursday for a debate that is likely to see front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney jockeying for the lead.The debate sponsored by Fox News will focus on jobs and the economy, as ...

Romney presses Perry on Social Security views

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney stepped up his criticism of rival Rick Perry over Social Security on Wednesday, the day before a Florida debate where the issue is certain to be prominent.During an appearance in Miami and in a ...

A Ponzi scheme?

Perry uses disingenuous Tea Party rhetoric to attack major programsTexas Gov. Rick Perry became the new front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, and he has opened his campaign with a litany of complaints about federal government. For example, he ...

Analysis: Republican leaders fight for control of party

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican Party's traditional kingmakers are losing a battle with anti-government Tea Party populists to choose the candidate who will challenge President Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.For the first time in almost 50 years, the party's leaders ...

Perry touts his journey to faith

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Republican presidential frontrunner Rick Perry described his spiritual journey to find God to a crowd of evangelical Christian students on Wednesday and urged them to stand up for their religious values.In a starkly personal speech, Perry told Liberty ...

Analysis: Bachmann comes back to life in Republican debate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michele Bachmann won a new lease on life for her fizzling presidential campaign by aggressively targeting Republican front-runner Rick Perry and raising doubts about his conservative credentials.But whether Bachmann can save a campaign that is clearly on the ropes ...

Romney and Perry clash again on Social Security

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney renewed their fight over Social Security in a presidential debate on Monday, accusing each other of frightening seniors with rhetoric about the popular retirement program.Perry, the Texas governor who has soared ...

Louisiana Governor Jindal endorses Perry for president

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal endorsed Republican Rick Perry's campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Monday, giving a boost to Perry's bid to show he is the most electable Republican.Jindal, a Republican who has been mentioned in ...

Factbox: Four keys to Republican debate in Florida

(Reuters) - Eight Republican presidential hopefuls will meet on Monday in a debate co-sponsored by CNN and the fiscally conservative Tea Party movement, which helped elect dozens of Republicans to Congress in 2010.Here are four keys to the debate among candidates vying ...