Surprise guest crashes Rick Perry's Manhattan appearance
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 7:23 pm by Alexandra Jaffe in Campaign 2012, Gov. Rick Perry
In true New York fashion, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., stole some of Gov. Rick Perry's thunder today when he dropped in on reporters waiting outside a restaurant for the GOP presidential candidate to appear, CBS News reports.
Grinning, Rangel politely told reporters that he had stopped by to check out the "distinguished guest" visiting northern Manhattan.
He had heard "one of the community leaders had invited a distinguished guest – to my city and specifically to my congressional district," he told reporters. He added that he thought the GOP field of presidential candidates was weak, and that Perry could only help Obama in the general election.
"I think he's the best thing going for President Obama, but I'm a Democrat," Rangel said.
Perry visited the neighborhood on his tour throughout New York City today, meeting with Hispanic community leaders to discuss their concerns about his race for the presidency. Rangel said he was there for the same reason as reporters: to figure out what a Republican presidential candidate was doing in a district that was overwhelmingly in favor of Obama in 2008.
http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/09/surprise-guest-crashes-rick-perrys-harlem-appearance/
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 7:23 pm by Alexandra Jaffe in Campaign 2012, Gov. Rick Perry
In true New York fashion, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., stole some of Gov. Rick Perry's thunder today when he dropped in on reporters waiting outside a restaurant for the GOP presidential candidate to appear, CBS News reports.
Grinning, Rangel politely told reporters that he had stopped by to check out the "distinguished guest" visiting northern Manhattan.
He had heard "one of the community leaders had invited a distinguished guest – to my city and specifically to my congressional district," he told reporters. He added that he thought the GOP field of presidential candidates was weak, and that Perry could only help Obama in the general election.
"I think he's the best thing going for President Obama, but I'm a Democrat," Rangel said.
Perry visited the neighborhood on his tour throughout New York City today, meeting with Hispanic community leaders to discuss their concerns about his race for the presidency. Rangel said he was there for the same reason as reporters: to figure out what a Republican presidential candidate was doing in a district that was overwhelmingly in favor of Obama in 2008.
http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/09/surprise-guest-crashes-rick-perrys-harlem-appearance/