Here’s a news flash: Texas Gov. Rick Perry said some other things to college graduatesĀ besides declining an offer to have a building named after him at Texas A&M University.
Such as — he’s thinking about running for president of the United States of America.
That’s kind of a big deal, yes?
Perry spoke at the Texas A&M convocation. He told graduates the school from which he graduated shouldn’t name the Academic Building after him. Then he went on to say that he’s pondering another run for the White House.
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He ticked off his credentials as someone who governed a state with the world’s 13th-largest economy and oversaw a group of individuals who “bicker a lot,” referring to the Legislature.
He told the A&M grads he’ll be looking for a job in about 30 days, just as they will.
Is this a precursor to a presidential run? Yes, it sounds like it to me.
I hope he jumps in. I’ve already spoken out in favor of Mitt Romney getting back into the game. I’m inclined also to welcome Jeb Bush into the Republican presidential field.
Why not — to coin the late Molly Ivins’s term — Gov. Goodhair?
He’s got the look, the charisma, some governing experience and he’s developing a pretty good gift of gab.
Perry’s ideas about the role of government, though, don’t quite set well with some of us out here. He’s inclined to be anti-federal government, which is sort of anĀ dubious stance for someone who wants to oversee it.
But what the heck. He gave us a few laughs the last time he ran for the White House in 2012. Maybe he’s got a few more gag lines up his sleeve the next time around.
Bring it, governor!