Gov. Rick Perry gives the POTUS a big, Texas Howdy! (reuters photo)
President Obama looks a little nonplussed by his official greeter in Austin. No matter — the governor was just showing up his opponent, Democrat Bill White, who buzzed around for weeks saying he wouldn’t appear with Obama in Texas today. Perry gave Obama a letter asking for more help along the border.
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White’s snub was all the rage in the coverage, but the White House snorted audibly at the suggestion that Obama was somehow insulted.
“I don’t think that it says anything broadly about the president’s coattails,” said deputy press secretary Bill Burton. “I think it says that Bill White had something else going on today that he would rather do than campaign with the president.”
Washing his hair? The Austin American-Statesman noted White had events in Midland, Abilene and Alvarado.
