Perry, Romney set up campaigns in Md.
Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry on Wednesday named two state lawmakers and a political consultant to his lead his campaign effort in Maryland.
The state team will be co-chaired by state Sen. Christopher Shank, a Western Maryland Republican, and Del. Justin Ready, a Carroll County lawmaker and interim executive director of the state party. The Perry campaign also named political consultant Lawrence Scott and Richard “Dick” Hug as finance co-chairs.
“I am looking forward to expanding our campaign operation into Maryland and I am proud to have the support of these key individuals,” Perry said in a statement.
The Maryland primary will take place April 3 as the national political schedule continues to slide earlier into the year. The Iowa caucuses are set for Jan. 3. New Hampshire has not yet announced a primary date.
The candidates are part of a crowded field seeking the GOP nomination and the right to take on President Barack Obama next November.
Hug, who has previously raised money for former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., joins the Perry campaign even as Ehrlich has signed up with former Massachusetts governor and GOP front runner Mitt Romney. Romney announced last week that he had chosen Ehrlich to be chairman of his campaign here.
Romney endorsed Ehrlich’s 2010 unsuccessful gubernatorial bid.
“After studying all the candidates, it is clear that Republicans’ best chance for beating President Obama next November is Mitt Romney,” Ehrlich said in a statement posted last week on his Facebook page.
Comments
Obama is especially vulnerable on the the issue of health care - the Class Act is being scuttled by Sabelius, the individual mandate will most likely be declared unconstitutional by SCOTUS and most voters want it repealed - so Romney being nominated removes the advantage that a Republican would have over and against Obama in this specific area.
Secondly, Romney being vulnerable in this area (shown below) allows Obama to deflect away from his own problems on this issue:
Boston Herald
9/15/2011
Report: 'Romneycare' a Jobs Killer
Study Finds Bay State Lost Thousands of Jobs
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_0915report_romneycare_a_killer_study_finds_bay_state_lost_thousands_of_jobs/
This study is supposed to provide proof that Romneycare kills jobs. Romney needs to prove that Romneycare does not kill jobs, and prove that job losses aren't due to what those elected in MA after him did or did not do.
If Obamacare is modeled after Romneycare, which both Dems and Repubs say is true, and Romneycare kills jobs, then....
Posted by: Ray | October 19, 2011 7:55 PM
Perry, like Romney and Cain, is a war-monger neocon. Ron Paul is pro-life, pro-liberty, pro-peace, anti-bailouts.
Posted by: Vet4RonPaul | October 19, 2011 9:01 PM