claim: “rick perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, david weeks, and i talked him into switching parties and running for the gop nomination for agriculture commissioner.”
author: karl rove
evidence_1: oct 10, 2011 ... “perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, david weeks , and i talked him into switching parties and running for the gop nomination for  agriculture commissioner,” rove wrote in his memoir, published ...
evidence_2: says that in texas, republican nominees "get 40 percent of the latino vote on  average." — politifact texas ... “rick perry had planned to retire from the  legislature until his best friend, david weeks, and i talked him into switching  parties and running for the gop nomination for agriculture commissioner.” —  politifact texas ...
evidence_3: bryan burrough lays out rick perry's three fatal flaws: pay-to-play cronyism, ...  anointed the likely republican presidential nominee, had already seen his poll  .... in july, six weeks before he announced his candidacy; his surgeon, a friend  who ... during his first statewide campaign, for agriculture commissioner, in 1990,  ...
evidence_4: says that in texas, republican nominees "get 40 percent of the latino vote on  average." — politifact texas ... “rick perry had planned to retire from the  legislature until his best friend, david weeks, and i talked him into switching  parties and running for the gop nomination for agriculture commissioner.” —  politifact texas ...
evidence_5: politico's must-read briefing on what's driving the day in washington ...  republicans wish their recent speakers were as ruthless as nancy pelosi is. ....  now in its fourth week, is beginning to have real economic consequences. ...  where they talk about everything from how abrams is deciding whether to run for  senate to ...