Rick Perry - Near Top of the Republican Presidential Candidates

The latest turn of the 2012 Republican Presidential campaign was when Texas Governor Rick Perry formally entered the field with an announcement in South Carolina, while the previously announced candidates (excepting Mitt Romney) traversed Iowa looking to pickup momentum with the Iowa Straw Poll. After the straw poll it became apparent Rick Perry's entrance helped narrow the field to three: Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney and Ricky Perry. I know, I know some will argue that the cranky old isolationist whiner Ron Paul is still in the mix. My favorite, Herman Cain, is about fifth in most polls. And of course former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty bowed out, suprisingly so, after a fairly good showing in Iowa,....if that straw poll means anything.

With Rick Perry, the Country gets a candidate who speaks his mind, often from the cuff providing the press with many unique stories, some they spin, and some they don't need to because of what Perry says. However outspoken Rick Perry is, there is no mistaking the fact that Texas is heading into the economic downturn wind with sails flying high, while most other states, and certainly this Country, is flying out of control heading towards a cliff.

All in all I could easily support Rick Perry is he turns out to be the Republican candidate, not because any change from Obama would be better,.....that is absolutely true, but Perry has a mind set and beliefe in small Federal government and States rights.

From a Yahoo! article on Governor Perry, web link posted below:

Perry laid out these proposed innovations to the founding document in his book,Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington. He has occasionally mentioned them on the campaign trail. Several of his ideas fall within the realm of mainstream conservative thinking today, but, as you will see, there are also a few surprises.

1. Abolish lifetime tenure for federal judges by amending Article III, Section I of the Constitution.

2. Congress should have the power to override Supreme Court decisions with a two-thirds vote.

3. Scrap the federal income tax by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment.

4. End the direct election of senators by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment.

5. Require the federal government to balance its budget every year.

6. The federal Constitution should define marriage as between one man and one woman in all 50 states.

7. Abortion should be made illegal throughout the country.

Read the entire story here Seven ways Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution