Rick Perry

President Obama addressed Joplin High School s graduating class, and Rick Perry is facing off with Sarah Palin in the endorsement wars for the Texas Senate race.

Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries -- a 10 week video tour of the 2011 'Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!' Join Renewable Rider Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme. Here are the video entries from Week Eight: Renewable Rider Tom Weis and Ron Seifert discover what appears to be the Oklahoma tie-in for the Keystone XL pipeline in Cushing, OK. The location matches descriptions provided by locals; surveyors are working on the property; and sections of pipe are assembled on the ground. Describing the day as 'soul crushing' and the area as an industrial 'dead zone,' with an 'overwhelming' stench of gas in the area in some parts, Ron imagines how different it would feel to be standing next to a wind farm or field of solar arrays. Renewable Rider Tom Weis and Ron Seifert race a snowstorm towards Coalgate, OK, with more than 100 miles behind them on the day. Reflecting on the clownish behavior of U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Tom wonders aloud whether Inhofe is truly in denial over the climate crisis, or if he's simply a tool of the fossil fool/fuel industry. The latter would suggest he cares more about staying in office than protecting the future of his children and grandchildren, something that could actually be said about most members of Congress. Time for an Occupy Congress movement? Renewable Rider Tom Weis asks Ron Seifert to remove the lid from a box discovered on the counter of Beverly's Country Kitchen in Jacksonville, TX. Inside is the world's smallest 3-piece chicken dinner.Renewable Rider Tom Weis and Ron Seifert pedal through chilly north Texas after meeting with an 'old school' reporter at the Paris News. For the first time in four days, the sun is out. Tom poses a pointed question to Texas Governor Rick Perry: 'For someone

Rick Perry is back! The former presidential candidate is appearing in a new video ad to endorse Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst for the Republican Senate nomination. 'David's the one candidate best prepared to make conservative change happen in Washington,' Perry declares. 'Don't let anyone tell you different.'

The Financial Times Anna Fifield, Patti Solis Doyle, who was the 2008 Hillary Clinton Campaign Manager, and Rob Johnson, who ran both Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich s presidential campaigns, talk about the debt talks taking place on Capitol Hill.