Oops, he’s running again! Rick Perry wows CPAC

Conservatives say Perry’s pain-free, rested and ready for 2016. That just shows how weak the GOP field really is

JOAN WALSH

Apparently the 2016 GOP primary roster is so broken that one of the most spectacular flameouts of 2012 is getting a mulligan. Yes, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is blaming his embarrassing public meltdowns on 2011 back surgery, appears to be taking another shot – and this time, his admirers say, he’s going to be the charismatic and conservative red-state wrecking machine we were warned about three years ago.

NRO’s Tim Cavanaugh kvelled:

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Perry rises to become 2016 hopeful with standing-o prose poem closing out terrific speech. Assails Dept. of Ed. & more. #cpac @nro

9:12 AM - 7 Mar 2014

Glenn Beck’s “The Blaze” loved it too: “Rick Perry gives fiery anti-Obama speech: ‘It’s not too late for America.”

Even by mainstream reporters, Perry’s speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee was widely judged to be the most popular (at least so far; Mike “Uncle Sugar” Huckabee, who is actually the GOP frontrunner in some 2016 polls, has yet to charm the crowd.) Certainly his combination of full-throated Obama-bashing and broad-brush anti-government attacks charged up the crowd.

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