The National Journal Reports: Rick Perry furthered his anti-Washington message in two radio interviews on Monday, saying that he would call on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geither to resign, or he would fire them…
The governor has spoken out against the bank bailouts, and has also pledged to repeal the Dodd-Frank legislation that sought to reform the behavior of financial institutions. “I just wish he would take the Dodd-Frank banking regulation with him when he leaves,” Perry joked of Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s announcement on Monday that he would not seek reelection.
Perry was interviewed in Manchester, N.H., where he is preparing to announce the endorsement of controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio will appear with Perry at one campaign event and two town halls in various New Hampshire cities on Tuesday. The endorsement is expected to help shore up Perry’s record as being tough on immigration, after he was forced to defend a 2001 law he signed in Texas giving in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants.
As for suggestions by Michael Graham of Boston’s WTKK that Perry isn’t working hard enough for the nomination – he is only scheduled to campaign publicly for two days this week despite being only a month away from the Iowa caucuses – Perry had this to say: “I’ve kissed my fair share of babies and nobody’s going to outwork me.… I’m in Manchester, New Hampshire, right now and I’m looking for some babies to kiss.”
