A CD Highlight…..
blog.chron.com (AP)
Texas Governor Rick Perry yet has to announce whether he will run for re-election in 2014. But Texas voters aren’t sure whether they’re ready for four more years of the longest-serving governor in Texas history.
Two-thirds of likely Republican primary voters said they first want to see who else is running, according to a Texas Lyceum poll released earlier this week. Only 29 percent of Republicans said they would vote for Perry if he runs for governor again in 2014, while 5 percent would vote against him no matter who else runs. Among likely voters overall, 53 percent said they would have to wait and see, while 30 percent would vote against him and 18 percent would support him.
After Perry’s own run for the presidency ended quite badly in January, he left open the door for future tries – both for governor and president. Among Republicans he remains popular: The poll shows a job approval of 85 percent.
“He enjoys an overwhelmingly high approval rating among Republicans, but, in spite of that, less than a third of those Republicans are today willing to say that ‘I would vote for Perry if he would run for reelection,’ “
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Overall on a statewide outlook, Perry’s approval ratings are AWFUL and several TX GOPers want some new blood in 2014-sensing that Perry’s 14 years are long enough.
This and the fact that TX State AG Greg Abbott (R) had raised over $12 million in his campaign war chest tells me several things: (1) Perry’s political capital is severely damaged due to his awful presidential campaign and his support for Lieutenat Governor David Dewhurst (R)’s disastrous US Senate campaign during the runoff didn’t help matters; (2) The prospect of 18 years as governor makes some Republicans sick to their stomachs (they had thought Perry was going to leave in 2010, but didn’t when majority of the GOP US House members endorsed KBH in the GOP primary for governor); (3) Perry managing to alienate fellow GOPers in the TX Legislature despite signing Voter ID into state law, etc during last year’s session.
Perry KNOWS he’s finished politically, so he better take this polling news as a warning and leave.
Perry KNEW he didn’t have a chance a year ago and he ran for President…
You can’t count him out for another Governor run….
James B, the problem is that Perry is facing folks who are having “Perry Fatigue” after 14 years in office. He really has made lots of enemies during his governorship.
I’d think if Gov Perry wants to run again…..
He’ll Run…
He’s likely to have Abbott challenging him in a primary (see KBH scenario in 2010).
PS: we should find out about Perry’s plans in the summer of 2013 after the Legislative session.