Wayne Slater: Perry sounds like a man fighting for governor job in State of State
- Wayne Slater - Dallas Morning News
- Jan 28, 2009
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry delivered his state of the state address to a joint session of the Legislature as if it were a campaign speech. And it was. As he walked out of the House chamber Tuesday, one of the state’s top education leaders said: “You just heard the first campaign speech of the 2010 Republican primary.” A state of the state gives governors an opportunity to outline their policy agenda to a newly convened Legislature. But with the Republican governor planning to run for re-election next year — and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison preparing to challenge him — there was plenty to energize a conservative, red-meat political base Perry is counting on. Click here to read more.
