Perry: Trans-Texas Corridor will go on as planned
Perry, Republicans Talk About Re-Election, Strategies
Nov 8, 2006
KXAN (Austin)
Copyright 2006
After his win, Gov. Perry talked to journalists Wednesday about his plans for Texas. He plans to keep the promises he's made.
The governor gave his day after speech at the Capitol and laid out his plans for the next four years.
First, when asked about not getting a majority of Texas votes and actually only getting about 40 percent of the votes, he said Texans showed voters showed they like the way he's leading the state and he'll stick to the top three priorities he touted in his campaign, which are school, jobs and border security.
Speaking of border security, he says he's getting more of the Hispanic vote because of his stance on keeping the border safe and keeping drug smugglers from crossing into Texas. He also talked about the Trans Texas Corridor and says the timeline for that will go on as planned. He also said there will be more transparency in the government which will allow you to see how your money is being spent.
"In the effort to require every state agency to start posting their expenditures on the Internet, my government will start posting the checkbooks online in the very near future," Perry said.
Now, when asked whether he plans to stay at the Capitol all four years or if he would consider a vice presidential nomination in 2008, Perry just said he has no plans to change his job, but God may have other plans for him.
KXAN political reporter Jenny Hoff met with sources very close to the Republican campaign and gained some secret strategies.
Now that the campaign is over, those close to the campaign answered some questions we've been asking all along.
First off, we asked about the controversial single debate between the gubernatorial candidates.
Strategists say debates are what won Jesse Ventura governorship in Minnesota because the other candidates spent the whole time bickering. That's why they wanted this structured and quick.
They also told us one of the biggest goals was to beef up Chris Bell as a true threat to Perry in order to bring Republicans to the polls. In fact, they told KXAN they fed Bell the question he asked Strayhorn which was about her initial support of the Trans Texas Corridor.
Next up was the campaign ads. Sources say they have slew of attack ads against Strayhorn they never used. Those ads were only to be brought out if she started getting a big percentage of the vote. They didn't attack Kinky at all because they didn't want to give him any credibility.
As for Bell, one of the biggest reasons they had to attack him was to get his name out so, again, Republicans would be spurred on to vote.
To get the Hispanic voters, they put out ads in Spanish and English in the valley. To get the 14 percent of African-Amercan vote, they engaged DJ's on so-called urban stations. In all, no rock was left unturned.
© 2006 WorldNow and KXAN:www.kxan.com
Nov 8, 2006
KXAN (Austin)
Copyright 2006
After his win, Gov. Perry talked to journalists Wednesday about his plans for Texas. He plans to keep the promises he's made.
The governor gave his day after speech at the Capitol and laid out his plans for the next four years.
First, when asked about not getting a majority of Texas votes and actually only getting about 40 percent of the votes, he said Texans showed voters showed they like the way he's leading the state and he'll stick to the top three priorities he touted in his campaign, which are school, jobs and border security.
Speaking of border security, he says he's getting more of the Hispanic vote because of his stance on keeping the border safe and keeping drug smugglers from crossing into Texas. He also talked about the Trans Texas Corridor and says the timeline for that will go on as planned. He also said there will be more transparency in the government which will allow you to see how your money is being spent.
"In the effort to require every state agency to start posting their expenditures on the Internet, my government will start posting the checkbooks online in the very near future," Perry said.
Now, when asked whether he plans to stay at the Capitol all four years or if he would consider a vice presidential nomination in 2008, Perry just said he has no plans to change his job, but God may have other plans for him.
KXAN political reporter Jenny Hoff met with sources very close to the Republican campaign and gained some secret strategies.
Now that the campaign is over, those close to the campaign answered some questions we've been asking all along.
First off, we asked about the controversial single debate between the gubernatorial candidates.
Strategists say debates are what won Jesse Ventura governorship in Minnesota because the other candidates spent the whole time bickering. That's why they wanted this structured and quick.
They also told us one of the biggest goals was to beef up Chris Bell as a true threat to Perry in order to bring Republicans to the polls. In fact, they told KXAN they fed Bell the question he asked Strayhorn which was about her initial support of the Trans Texas Corridor.
Next up was the campaign ads. Sources say they have slew of attack ads against Strayhorn they never used. Those ads were only to be brought out if she started getting a big percentage of the vote. They didn't attack Kinky at all because they didn't want to give him any credibility.
As for Bell, one of the biggest reasons they had to attack him was to get his name out so, again, Republicans would be spurred on to vote.
To get the Hispanic voters, they put out ads in Spanish and English in the valley. To get the 14 percent of African-Amercan vote, they engaged DJ's on so-called urban stations. In all, no rock was left unturned.
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