Perry sells executive experience

Aaron Gardner:

Today Rick Perry made his most extensive case yet for nominating someone with proven, executive experience. In his speech to a fired up crowd at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Perry hit hard on a recurring theme of his campaign, his decades of executive experience as the Governor of Texas.

Whether the former governor of Texas was discussing the advance of ISIS, the crushing impact the Obama Administration’s economic policies have had on America’s middle class, educational improvements achieved during his 14 years as Governor of Texas, or the threat of an ebola outbreak, Perry’s point was clear. Experience matters.

Perry began his speech with an optimistic outlook for America’s future and a note that while many in our nation have lost faith in our current leaders, they haven’t lost hope in America.

They know we can do better than point two percent growth.

They know we can do better than one in ten American workers being unemployed, underemployed or too discouraged to look for a job.

They know we can do better than one in five children living on food stamps.

And they know we can do better than one in seven Americans living in poverty.

After speaking about the recent advance of ISIS in Iraq with the capture of Ramadi, Perry went on to state it doesn’t have to be this way …

We do not have to accept weakness abroad, and a slow recovery at home. We have the power to make things new again … To assert America values abroad again … to rebuild our job base at home again. There is nothing wrong in America today that can’t be fixed with new leadership.

For the last 7 years we have experienced the leadership on the Democratic side borne out of the Senate. Whether it was our President’s insistence to pass an unpopular piece of legislation with no bipartisan support in Obamacare, or the fires set by Hillary Clinton during her service as the head of the State Department, or everyone’s favorite crazy shot gun toting uncle, Joe Biden … the collective record would give anyone pause when considering the Senate’s ability to produce leaders ready for the office of President of the United States.
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Perry has an optimistic message at the same time he is critical of the Obama record.  He seems to be slowly getting recognition of his potential as President.  He has been well received in both Iowa and South Carolina.