Rick Perry on Barack Obama: When Rick Perry was asked at a Republican Party campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 15, 2011 if he thought President Obama loved America, Perry replied: "You need to ask him... I'm saying, you're a good reporter, go ask him."

Rick Perry on Ben Bernanke: When Rick Perry spoke at a campaign event in Iowa on August 16, 2011, he said of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke: "If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y'all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treasonous in my opinion."

Rick Perry on evolution: When Rick Perry was asked at a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 18, 2011 if he believed in evolution, he replied: "It's a theory that's out there. It's got some gaps in it. In Texas we teach both creationism and evolution."