by Brian Kaylor | Jan 20, 2012 | News
Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced Thursday he was suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. The announcement came more than two weeks after Perry finished a distant fifth place in the Iowa caucuses and months after he...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 10, 2011 | News
At an influential gathering of conservative Christian activists, a prominent Southern Baptist pastor endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry for president and then attacked the religious beliefs of one of Perry’s main Republican opponents. Robert Jeffress, pastor of...
by Daniel Burke | Sep 23, 2011 | News
(RNS) From media mavens to grassroots activists, conservative Christian leaders are heaping praise on presidential candidate Rick Perry, an early but important show of support from a vital GOP constituency. Initially unimpressed with the 2012 presidential field, some...
by Brian Kaylor | Sep 16, 2011 | News
As Rick Perry jumps to the front of the Republican presidential polls, he continues to meet with and speak to conservative evangelical groups as a key campaign strategy. The Texas governor, who officially entered the race last month after months of strategizing, spoke...
by Brian Kaylor | Aug 16, 2011 | News
As the Iowa Straw Poll came to life Saturday morning, a man wearing an NRA T-shirt and driving a golf cart for Michele Bachmann’s campaign plowed into a group of people. Before day’s end, Bachmann’s campaign similarly rode to victory in the first...
