In the past decade Perry has raised 100 million dollars,half of that came from 204 wealthy Texans.

[sufrommich]

Meet The Money Behind Rick Perry

Texans don't like the government interfering with their business, especially campaign donations, where state laws allow contributors to fork over unlimited cash. No one has benefited more from this arrangement than Rick Perry, who has raised $100 million over the last decade, nearly half of which came from just 204 ultra-wealthy donors.

You're going to be hearing a lot about those donors over the next few weeks, for a couple of reasons. One is that Perry has a reputation for being especially friendly with his most loyal backers: separate analyses by the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times concluded that large percentages of his top donors received some benefit from the state during his tenure as governor. Perry's camp told both papers, as they've told the Texas press for years, that they were doled out on the merits.

But the second reason is that the same gang is going to have a chance to contribute to Perry's presidential ambitions in a big way. And not just at the $5,000 max donation level either, or even by bundling hundreds of other maxed out donors together. This year the major candidates, including President Obama, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, and even Jon Huntsman have Super PACs backing them up that can collect unlimited donations from individuals and corporations alike to run ads. Perry's former chief of staff Mike Toomey has already set one up and, according to NBC, its goal is to spend $55 million on the primaries -- likely more than Perry's own campaign.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/meet-the-money-behind-rick-perry.php?ref=fpb

[MilesColtrane]

1. The first Citizens United presidential election

The Perry campaign will have more money than God to throw against Obama.

It's not looking good.

[blogslut]

2. Well,

There is the fact that not even God can make Rick Perry look smart or nice, not for an extended amount of time anyway and certainly not both things at once.

[MilesColtrane]

4. The Chimp was no brain surgeon/beauty queen either.

[blogslut]

5. Yes but

Rick Perry is way worse. Trust me on this. He may say a collection of stupid/hateful things or he will say one big stupid/hateful thing but he will do it and there will be no recovering.

[KamaAina]

3. Wealthy Texans call 100 million dollars a "unit".

As in, "Once you've made your first unit, money's just a way of keeping score." :wow: