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Rick Perry plans to drop out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday, National Journal has confirmed. He will make the announcement in North Charleston at 11 a.m.
The move by Perry to end his flailing campaign was inevitable; it only comes a few days sooner than expected. The Texas governor has been unable to gain a foothold in South Carolina, where he was depending on the state's many evangelicals and social conservatives to give him a break-out win.
But polls show Perry running dead last in the Republican pack. He had only 4 percent support among likely GOP voters in South Carolina in a poll by NBC News/Marist published on Thursday, the same as his showing in a CNN/Time polls on Wednesday.
Perry had weighed dropping out of the race after his last-place finish in the GOP Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3, but decided to stay in to make one last play for the nomination in South Carolina.
http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/perry-dropping-out-of-republican-presidential-race-20120119
I wonder if he knows he's dropping out?
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)mazzarro
(3,450 posts)Perry and intelligence? Wow - even G.W. Bush - the Dumber - is far better than him!
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)mazzarro
(3,450 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)FSogol
(45,360 posts)1. No one is supporting him
2. His fundraising is drying up.
3. Oh, um...let's see...., um...
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)(and #3 should have had an "oops"
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)Mitt would have been easy pickings for Perry. The Cons were swooning, but he turned out to be totally inept.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)"I wonder if he knows he's dropping out?"
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)There are so many countries that he's yet to insult.
tanyev
(42,360 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)just a few months ago. He has cratered almost as spectacularly as Ghouliani did in '08.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Or
Another one rides the bus...home.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)Bandit
(21,475 posts)Are Texans truly that stupid?
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)He can't remember the names of the other guys.