Mark Jones comments on Perry, Bush relationship, Perry ‘miracle’ and getting out the christian vote
Below, Mark Jones comments on Fox News about Rick Perry and George Bush’s relationship and Texas politics. The Financial Times article that follows discusses the Perry “miracle” that bristles some Texans and another article on organizers of the recent prayer rally’s efforts to get the christian vote out in 2012. For more information on Jones or to set up an interview, contact David Ruth at druth@rice.edu or 713-348-6327. Jones is also available via email at mpjones@rice.edu.
Analysts say that long before the Republican governor came to office in 2000, Texas outpaced the country in job growth. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas calculates employment growth since 1990 (annual average) at 1.9 per cent for Texas versus 0.9 per cent for the US.
“Texas already had most of the building blocks in place before Mr Perry arrived,’’ said Mark Jones, Rice University’s political science department chairman.
Robert Gilmer, vice-president of the El Paso Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said the Texas economy is driven by oil and gas, trade and population growth, which from 1990-2010 has been 2 per cent for Texas versus 1.1 per cent for the US.
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