Yesterday, I described the case against Texas Gov. Rick Perry with a list of five arguments being used by his critics. Today, I give the case for Perry with five arguments that his supporters are using to promote his presidential candidacy.
1. Economic record. In the past two years, about 40 percent of all the new jobs created in the United States were in Texas, even though the state has only 10 percent of the nation's population. Perry says this is because of his policies of low taxes, minimal government regulation and the creation of a business-friendly environment. Texas has an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent compared with 9.1 percent nationally. The reason this record is so compelling, and so worrisome for Democrats, is that unemployment and the economy are the top concerns of voters, and many don't think President Obama has done a good job addressing them.
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