Reply #2: Texas Gov. Rick Perry takes Washington money

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Dallas Morning News 4/27/09
Texas Gov. Rick Perry takes Washington money - when it's for his campaign

AUSTIN – Rick Perry has railed against Washington, but when it comes to campaign cash, the governor has raised far more than rival Kay Bailey Hutchison from the nation's capital.

Perry has collected $2.7 million from Washington since becoming governor – four times more than Hutchison's $670,000 from Washington during the same period, a Dallas Morning News analysis finds.

The money has come from political communities, lobbyists, individuals and interest groups.

Perry has been able to raise far more than Hutchison overall, because federal campaigns have limits on individual donations, while Texas state campaigns do not. A slightly higher percentage of Hutchison's campaign money has come from Washington.

But the governor's financial support from the Beltway undercuts efforts to distance himself from the nation's capital by painting himself as the candidate of Texas-style government and Hutchison as the candidate of Washington, which recently landed Perry in the national spotlight amid talk of Texas secession.

Ah Perry - he knows how to speak out of both sides of his mouth. He has a real talent for hypocrisy.


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