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October 14th, 2011
06:18 PM ET

McCain to Perry: Get some rest

(CNN) – Sen. John McCain has some words of wisdom for Gov. Rick Perry ahead of Tuesday’s CNN Republican debate: Get some rest.

“Every time I made a serious mistake politically and I’ve made them, it’s been when I’m tired,” McCain said in an interview Friday on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”

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Filed under: 2012 election • Interviews • John McCain • Rick Perry
September 27th, 2011
09:57 AM ET

Rick Perry dances with rabbis

Video of GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry dancing with a group of rabbis during Hanukkah surfaces on YouTube.


Filed under: Rick Perry
September 22nd, 2011
10:58 AM ET

Perry's tough talk on Israel

Presidential candidate Rick Perry's critics question his tough talk on Israel. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.

RELATED STORY: Perry's Middle East stance both religious and political

September 14th, 2011
07:28 PM ET

Trump 'looking forward' to meeting Perry

Donald Trump prepares to meet presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry while also weighing an independent run for president.

RELATED STORY: Perry and Trump set to meet


Filed under: 2012 election • Donald Trump • Interviews • Rick Perry
BLITZER’S BLOG: Perry sticks to his guns
September 14th, 2011
04:52 PM ET

BLITZER’S BLOG: Perry sticks to his guns

By CNN's Wolf Blitzer

(CNN) - Whether you agree or disagree with his stance, you have to give Texas Gov. Rick Perry credit for sticking to his guns on some sensitive issues that many tea party and other conservative Republican activists actively oppose.

I’m talking about his support in Texas for in-state tuition rates for children of illegal immigrants and for a mandate to provide the HPV vaccine for young girls to prevent them from developing the sexually transmitted infection that can lead to cervical cancer.
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Filed under: 2012 election • Debates • Rick Perry • Wolf Blitzer
September 13th, 2011
07:11 PM ET

Rick Perry's debate night punches

Gov. Perry took some jabs during the CNN/Tea Party Republican debate. CNN's Joe Johns takes a look at how he performed.

RELATED STORY: Perry still smiling after rough-and-tumble debate


Filed under: 2012 election • Debates • Joe Johns • Rick Perry
BLITZER'S BLOG: Romney & Perry go after Obama on national security
August 30th, 2011
03:08 PM ET

BLITZER'S BLOG: Romney & Perry go after Obama on national security

BY CNN’s Wolf Blitzer

(CNN) – The economy will be issue No. 1 in the presidential contest. But national security will be important, as well, and we just got a preview of the political debate that will unfold between President Obama and his Republican challenger – whoever that will be.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the front-runner for the GOP nomination according to our latest CNN-ORC International poll, didn’t mention Obama by name, but his target was clear when he addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention Monday in San Antonio, Texas.
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Filed under: 2012 election • Barack Obama • Mitt Romney • National security • Rick Perry • Wolf Blitzer
August 18th, 2011
09:29 PM ET

Paul on Perry: 'I haven't met him'

GOP presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul talks about Gov. Rick Perry and his controversial remarks about Ben Bernanke.

RELATED STORY: Perry continues Bernanke criticism


Filed under: 2012 election • Interviews • Rick Perry • Ron Paul
August 15th, 2011
11:14 PM ET

Perry similar to George W. Bush?

From "nu-ku-lar" to winking, CNN's Jeanne Moos shows us how Rick Perry resembles President George W. Bush.

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August 12th, 2011
09:35 AM ET

Do Romney, Perry pose a threat to Obama?

CNN's Wolf Blitzer talks to Obama adviser David Axelrod about the current field of GOP presidential candidates.

RELATED: Perry will announce Saturday

SEE ALSO: CAFFERTY FILE: Destroying Romney right way for Pres. Obama to win 2nd term?


Filed under: 2012 election • Barack Obama • Interviews • Mitt Romney • Rick Perry
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