(Note- while my state is in a severe drought and leads the nation in uninsured adults and children,here is how Rick behaves)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/texas-gov-perry-potential-2012-candidate-to-hold-private-meetings-on-west-coast/2011/06/28/AGz38apH_story.htmlLOS ANGELES — Texas Gov. Rick Perry will swing through California this week for private meetings with Republican leaders, potential fundraisers and legislators that will stoke speculation that he plans to enter the 2012 Republican presidential contest.
Perry is scheduled to hold a closed-door event Thursday morning with business leaders in Beverly Hills, a city known as a rich source of campaign dollars. He then heads to Newport Beach in Orange County, where he will meet privately with Republican Party officials, before flying to Sacramento to meet with several dozen GOP legislators.
.It will be the Republican governor’s second trip to the nation’s most populous state in less than three weeks.
A Perry spokesman said the stopover was not connected with the 2012 campaign, but some Republicans said the governor’s extensive agenda in California leaves no doubt about his intentions.
“I sense that he is beyond considering running for president. He is now planning to run for president,” said Republican National Committee member Shawn Steel, an attorney from Palos Verdes.
Perry’s California trip “has everything to do with 2012,” added Steel, who plans to attend the Orange County event.