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Political Strategists Slam Rick Perry Indictment As 'Outrageous'
By Todd Beamon, Aug. 16, 2014, Newsmax.com
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's indictment on Friday by a state grand jury on charges stemming from a funding veto he made last year is "outrageous" and nothing more than "the criminalization of political differences," Democratic pollster and analyst Doug Schoen told Newsmax.
"I've never seen anything like this in politics," he said. "It looked to me like what Perry was doing was right, reasonable and responsible."
Schoen cautioned, however, that the Democrats needed to be very careful of using the indictment to dash Perry's chances should he choose to run for the White House in 2016.
"It is one of the worst things that the Democrats could do: to try to go after a partisan Republican with a partisan criminal indictment," he said. "It is a further sign of really the destruction of our nonpartisan — seemingly nonpartisan — criminal justice system.
"It is very depressing, sad and just plain wrong."
Perry, 63, the Lone Star State's longest-serving governor, was indicted on charges of abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony that carries a penalty of five to 99 years in prison, and of coercion of a public servant, a third-degree felony that carries a punishment of two to 10 years.
The Republican, who is not seeking re-election this fall, is the state's first indicted governor in nearly a century. Perry was first elected to the Statehouse in 2000. He is considering a presidential bid in 2016. He ran unsuccessfully for president in 2012.
Mary Anne Wiley, Perry's general counsel, defended the governor's action and predicted victory over the indictment.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry's indictment on Friday by a state grand jury on charges stemming from a funding veto he made last year is "outrageous" and nothing more than "the criminalization of political differences," Democratic pollster and analyst Doug Schoen told Newsmax.
"I've never seen anything like this in politics," he said. "It looked to me like what Perry was doing was right, reasonable and responsible."
Schoen cautioned, however, that the Democrats needed to be very careful of using the indictment to dash Perry's chances should he choose to run for the White House in 2016.
"It is one of the worst things that the Democrats could do: to try to go after a partisan Republican with a partisan criminal indictment," he said. "It is a further sign of really the destruction of our nonpartisan — seemingly nonpartisan — criminal justice system.
"It is very depressing, sad and just plain wrong."
Perry, 63, the Lone Star State's longest-serving governor, was indicted on charges of abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony that carries a penalty of five to 99 years in prison, and of coercion of a public servant, a third-degree felony that carries a punishment of two to 10 years.
The Republican, who is not seeking re-election this fall, is the state's first indicted governor in nearly a century. Perry was first elected to the Statehouse in 2000. He is considering a presidential bid in 2016. He ran unsuccessfully for president in 2012.
Mary Anne Wiley, Perry's general counsel, defended the governor's action and predicted victory over the indictment.
Read the full story: www.newsmax.com
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