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Debate preview: Does Perry grasp principles?

By Timothy P. Carney

Published September 7, 2011 4:00am ET

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Debate preview: Does Perry grasp principles? — Rick Perry’s rhetoric is conservative, his record is fairly conservative, and I think his instincts are conservative. I’m not sure his principles are conservative. That’s what I’ll be trying to figure out today. Perry knows he likes low taxes and low regulation. He can point to evidence indicating that they worked in Texas. But does […]

Rick Perry’s rhetoric is conservative, his record is fairly conservative, and I think his instincts are conservative.

I’m not sure his principles are conservative. That’s what I’ll be trying to figure out today.

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