Despite Debate Refusal, White Pushes Perry

HOUSTON (AP) _ The Democratic nominee for Texas governor says he won’t let Gov. Rick Perry’s refusal to debate him stop him from questioning the Republican incumbent’s performance.

Bill White says he’ll spend 25 days before the Nov. 2 election posing the questions that he’d have at a debate.

At a campaign stop in Houston on Monday, the former Houston mayor posed his first question: Would Perry accept responsibility for job losses, having 1 million unemployed Texans and having unemployment rates higher than other states?

Perry campaign spokesman Mark Miner says Texas has flourished economically because of Perry’s policies of low taxes, less regulation and tort reform.

Perry and White couldn’t agree to a debate before the Nov. 2 election after White didn’t release all tax returns Perry had demanded.

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