Feb. 27, 2015

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT GOV. PERRY’S CPAC SPEECH

“Getting CPAC Crowd Fired Up” … “Standing Ovation” … “Fiery” … “Animated, Energetic” … “Big Standing Ovation” … “Glasses On And Fists Flying”

USA Today’s David Jackson: “Perry Is Getting CPAC Crowd Fired Up…” Jackson Tweet: “Rick Perry is getting CPAC crowd fired up over immigration, taxes, health care, and government regulations.” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)

McClatchy DC’s David Lightman: “Standing Ovation For [Gov. Perry] At #CPAC2015” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)

Canadian Press’ Alexander Panetta: “A Fiery Answer…” Panetta Tweet: “Moderator: How do you deal with illegal immigrants? Rick Perry: A fiery answer on first securing border, then let’s have that conversation” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)

Townhall’s John Harkins: “Perry Has A Much More Animated, Energetic Speaking Style…” Harkins: “Rick Perry has a much more animated, energetic speaking style in this run, now that his back isn’t injured any more. #CPAC2015” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)

Austin American Statesman’s Jonathan Tilove: “Highly Animated…” Tilove Tweet: “[Gov. Perry] delivery is highly animated with lots of gesticulating, arms and hands in constant motion.” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)

USA Today’s Catalina Camia: “Perry Made His Case To Be The Next Commander In Chief…” “Rick Perry made his case to be the next commander in chief as he knocked the Obama administration’s ‘incompetence’ on crises such as the threat from the Islamic State and tensions in the Middle East.” (USA Today, 2/27/15)

Mediaite’s Andrew Kirell: “Perry Gave A Rather Energetic Set Of Remarks… Garnering Quite A Bit Of Applause…” “Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry gave a rather energetic set of remarks Friday morning at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference, garnering quite a bit of applause for several of his big one-liners.” (Mediaite, 2/27/15)

New York Daily News’ Adam Edelman: “Perry SHOWED Off Some Newly Found Foreign Policy Chops…” “Former TEXAS GOV. Rick Perry showed off some newly found foreign policy chops in a plainspoken speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, emphasizing pressing national security issues like ISIS, Iran's nuclear program and the nation's relationship with Israel.” (New York Daily News, 2/27/15)

National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar: “Perry Going All In On Attacking Obama’s ‘Dangerous’ Foreign Policy.” Kraushaar Tweet: “Perry going all in on attacking Obama’s ‘dangerous’ foreign policy. The latest to continue the anti-Rand approach” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)

Breitbart’s Charlie Spiering: “Calls For A Tough Foreign Policy Have Dominated Perry’s Speech So Far.” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)

NBC News Headline: “Perry Slams Obama’s Views On ISIS As ‘Simply Not True,’ ‘Misguided’” (NBC News, 2/27/15)

KTRK’s Tom Abrahams: “Big Standing Ovation For [Gov. Perry] As He Takes Stage...” Abrahams Tweet: “Big standing ovation for [Gov. Perry] as he takes stage to AC/DC ‘Back In Black’” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)

Talking Points Memo: “Glasses On And Fists Flying, Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry ® On Friday Belted Out An Address At The Conservative Political Action Conference…” “Glasses on and fists flying, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry ® on Friday belted out an address at the Conservative Political Action Conference that wandered throughout but landed a few big applause lines.” (Talking Points Memo, 2/27/15)