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Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry pauses during a news conference in North Charleston, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, where he announced he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich.
Two days before the South Carolina primary, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he is suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination and endorsing rival Newt Gingrich.
"As a Texan, I've never shied away from a fight," Perry said. He added, though, "I know when it’s time to make a strategic retreat."
A slew of polls in the last day and a half have shown Perry in a distant fourth place in South Carolina, in single digits.
Perry burst out of the gate in August when he announced he was running for president. He jumped out to big leads nationally, but saw a rapid collapse in those same polls after a series of disappointing debate performances.
Notably, in a CNBC debate in Michigan, he forgot three agencies he would cut. "Oops," he said after realizing he could not recall the three. Perry tried to laugh it off, going on the late-night talk shows, but he never recovered, finishing fifth in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
"I have come to the conclusion that there is no viable path forward for me," Perry said before throwing his support to Gingrich.
"I believe Newt is a conservative visionary, who can transform our country," Perry said.
Gingrich today is dealing with an explosive interview conducted by ABC News with Gingrich's ex-wife, Marianne, who claimed Gingrich wanted an "open marrage." Perry seemed to allude to what many on the trail and in ads have referred to as that "baggage."
"Newt is not perfect," Perry said, "but who among us is. There is forgiveness for those who seek God. I believe in the power of redemption. ... He has the heart of a conservative reformer."
Perry concluded, "This I know, I'm not done fighting for the cause of conservativism. As a matter of fact, I have just begun to fight."
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Rick is so full of bull crap . LOL His crazy religious cult associations is what makes his a dangerous choice The people of the USA don't want that in "OUR GOVERNMENT !
What a strong statement InPS. I am so glad you are the spokesperson for all of the people of the USA. I didn't realize you carried such clout. It must be such a true honor to carry that mantle. Well, at least in your mind. I can name a lot of people you don't speak for. I can honestly say that your liberal opinion doesn't really count for much either. I find it quite offensive that you THINK you have all the answers when it comes to what others want and don't want. Maybe it's your far left leaning stance that dictates to you... in fact, it's your god. (small g).
Why would conservatives defend religious fanaticism, Brianb?
On the topic of religious fanaticism, res ipsa loquitur.
The guy can't leave God out of anything he says --
Huh?
And while we're asking, just where does Perry think he comes by the right to impose HIS fundamentalist beliefs on the rest of us?
"Could it be.................................SATAN?" (Time for the Church Lady dance!)
After days and days of getting a busy signal, God finally picked up the phone and said "Give it up!".
Perry talks to God?
NBC News had vetted their story about Juanita Broderick being raped by Bill Clinton but held the interview until after the senate decided not to remove him from office after the house has impeached him.
Now why would ABC air Gingrich's ex wife's interview two days before a major primary with little time for rebuttal?
The only difference between the two scenarios as always.....one guy is a republican and one guy is a democrat.
Jeez Rob..Kind of a stretch isn't it?...You are still on Clinton after 20 years???? I don't recall him running for POTUS due to that term limit thingy, let alone ever being charged for rape. What's your point?
Interesting, it always ends up coming back to Bush.
Rob,
Officially off the deep end...farewell...;-)
Ask Karl Rove and the 1%ers...
That is because he wasn't... just the endless GOP/TEA history re-writes
they are trying to invent "facts" that support the twisted view of the world and their platform planks.
It has nothing to do with Clinton. It's a liberal media thing. The deck is always stacked against the republicans. Why do think FOX is killing all the other networks? People are tired of the indoctrination from network news.
"If she...weighs the same as...a duck...she's made of wood!"
"...and, therefore..."
"...A WITCH!!!"
Because people prefer fiction over reality?
Yawn.
...she turned me into a Newt!
Newt is certainly no friend of the Main Stream Media. He's gone after them any chance he can get and taken the opportunity to point out how stupid their questions are (and he's right).
It's payback time now, and it's perfect for the MSM, it's a he said she said deal, with all the talking from the she, with no rebuttal, all about trashing Newt. The MSM doesn't understand much, but they do understand that. Roll tape!
Whats to deny? So he wanted to cheat on his with with her consent, whatever gets your dress up.
Why are you so shocked that Newt's a cad?
Liberals think in tunnel vision. Rob's point is well received by me. He's actually quite correct. The mainstream media is left leaning. They have been for about as long as I can remember. It is proven that there are more democrat jouralists and reporters than republican. The owners of the media outlets are mostly democrat as well. GE, you know, We bring good things to life, was bailed out by Obama. They are the parent company for several main stream media outlets. In otherwords, Obama bought the press. There's something wrong with this picture, but the liberals are ignoring it. If a republican president bought out a media outlet, I can just hear the cat calls, the screams, the gnashing of teeth... We live in a very duplicitious environment.
Who's Mitt's "cut-man" for tonight? He's going to need one...
Brianb-
Liberals think in tunnel vision.
In otherwords, Obama bought the press.
Obviously they're not alone in their delusions...Oh, and that light at the end of the tunnel is really a speeding TRAIN...;)
You're BOTH guilty of the same Tunnel vision but only see the speck in the other guy's eye...
Devie - It doesn't bother me in the least. It won't effect Gingrich's ability to beat the tar feathers out of Obama... Besides, the liberals should all be happy for Gingrich's sexual prowess... aren't liberals the champions of alternative lifestyles?
If you say so. That lame hackneyed belief is a load of bull. The MSM is interested in selling air time. Sorry, that dog won't hunt.
Newt's scorned wife. Rick's bailing out of the race. The mess in Iowa. Lots going on.
Might be a good day for Romney to release his tax returns. Either that, or do what Obama does and do a document dump on a Friday night.
I really don't care what people do in their private life as long as they aren't hurting anyone and it doesn't involve children.
Newt can't even beat Romeny let alone Obama. Haven't you been following the polling? Weathervane is your best shot.
Dangerfield - great observation. Newt's on a roll and I think he's going to overtake Romney through the republican voter's understanding that a strong conservative is needed to win the general election. Newt can beat Obama hands down. Just keep your eyes on how the liberals react towards him. Liberals don't fear Romney... ever wonder why? They fear Newt. Newt's dirty laundry has been aired already... Newt's been demonized by the left and they tried to destroy him already once... and he's bounced back despite their best efforts. Independents like him and the republicans will definitely vote for him. Let's hope the people of N. Carolina have the good sense to place him number 1 instead of Romney.
Newt can't even beat Romeny let alone Obama. Haven't you been following the polling? Weathervane is your best shot
Devie, it's a primary. The tides change very quickly during this period of time. It's called leading edge... Newt is on the rise because Romney has been the media darling all along so far. In 2008, Huckabee was the media darling and you see what happened to him. Maybe not, you might have been too young to have paid attention.
Newt is gaining steam and Romney is losing it. I predict Newt will overtake Romney and Romney will eventually have to conceed the loss. Probably on the stage at the convention.
I don't understand why re-hashing a two year old magazine interview is news all of a sudden.
Maybe when Gingrich announced, but now it's kind of lame.
WCA-
Been saying that and posting the Esquire link for the past two days...It won't stop the Newt-mentum!
Perry said, "If you cheat on your wife, you'll cheat on your business partner."
Now he is for Newt ?????
sandy, Parry is a voyeur. He wants to watch newt screw mitt the ripper, then watch newt screw us.
Amazing. The Republicans are down to three worst candidates they could have: Santorum (the radical right-wing values candidate), Paul (the impossibly Libertarian candidate), Gingrich (the hypocritical time bomb), and Romney (the ultimate flip-flopper and top 1% poster child who has no ability to relate to the common voter). If Republicans were smart, they'd just relinquish the presidency to Obama and concentrate on trying to save their Congressional and gubernatorial asses. A big "if."
Santorum, Gingrich and Romney are 10 thousand times better than Milli Vanilli we have now.
JFK 2112 Please seek professional psychiatric assistance immediately! Charlie Brown is offering deep discounts @ 5 cents a session which is about what your blatherings are worth!
Torpedo, you silly lib...Lucy was the character offering psychiatric advise. Get your facts straight, I did.
"Santorum, Gingrich and Romney are 10 thousand times better than Milli Vanilli we have now."
Wow, I didn't know that these 3 could sing and dance. Pretty cool.
Job1 you know nothing of Pop Culture do you?
Although I'm sure Milli Vanilli was before you born seeing as how you are still in Junior High.
See, Milli Vanilli couldn't sing or dance either. They were lip syncing. Just a creation of the media hype.
Kind of like Obama.
I have a question. Now the information might be out there and I missed it, so bear with me. If Newt married Callista as a Catholic, which previous marriage did he have annulled? I would assume the first (the Church would not have recognized, I don't think, the second) I know it really isn't a political thing, per se, but Perry did endorse Gingrich, so Catholics might be curious about this fact.
Perry's Catholic? Who knew...
Gingrich has done a good job of getting the focus on Willard's (Bain & taxes).
Where are Gingrich's Fannie Mae papers? Lobbying.
It was Freddic Mac, but it's a good question. And we already know the answer.
What I'm afraid of is that they're all just trying to toughen Romney up for the fight against President Obama.
Problem for them is, it's not working.
jfk-2112's a idiot? Who knew... everyone here knows!
Wow Smitty...could have sworn he was Methodist just like me. Who's the idiot?
phine, a Catholic can re-marry. Just not in a Catholic church.
No need for annullment and believe it or not, divorced people can still go to a Catholic church and receive communion.
Ask around at your next mass, I'm sure you will find plenty of good Christian Catholics who have been divorced, re-married and are still Catholics.
Come on Newt, you can win. If I was voting in S.C., I would vote for you.
Newt would lose to Obama based on many polls. The dirt the dems have will prove that. Romney is the only candidate left that has the experience to turn this thing around.
Another wonderful day! And then there were 4! LOL Thanks Feisty!!
Romney hiding money in the Islands to prevent from paying taxes. What a Clown!!
Perry is another victim of the republican parade of clowns. None of them worth their weight in salt [or manure either, as far as that goes] What a pathetic bunch that are trying to be the POTUS! What has happened to America??
The left wing nuts are really giddy about Perry dropping out and endorsing Gingrich, could it be there are afraid of Romney. Romney is a moderate republican and will take many more votes from Independents that will make up for any votes lost to the religious right.
Polls have shown that Romney is the only republican that has a chance of beating Obama, as I have said before it is very difficult to beat an incumbent president, only two times in my life time (Carter & Bush 1, don't count Ford as he was never elected), but the Republicans best chance is Romney.
I am giddy! If Romney is nominated, we'll be learning all about off-shore tax havens for "job creating" millionaires, and if Gingrich wins, we'll be discussing Fannie Mae and how much he made lobbying for them. It's a cornucopia of material for us libbie posters for months to come!
Amy, you really need to try and stay away from things you know so little about. It isn't a tax-haven. Read the story.
If you get all the way to the end of the story they explain that to you.
But like most Liberals, you probably stopped at the headline.
Hi Amy,
I'm loving this myself and what a gift.
The left wing nuts are really giddy about Perry dropping out and endorsing Gingrich...
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There are a lot of right wing nuts who are just as happy, but I guess you're backing another candidate and don't read the conservative press? It's called The Republican primary, but many of my conservative friends are a tad uncomfortable with the concept that there could be peril in the compare and contrast that will happen when Santorum drops out on Monday. Gov. Romney (and the Republican establishment) is faced with finally gauging the true level of resistance to his candidacy. Many are bashing the libbies and the liberal press.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/01/18/why-is-mitt-romney-still-the-least-vetted-gop-candidate/?singlepage=true
http://harndenblog.dailymail.co.uk/2012/01/10-reasons-why-mitt-romney-is-in-big-trouble-over-his-taxes.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-faces-mounting-pressure-to-release-tax-returns-now/2012/01/18/gIQAbVn98P_story.html
http://politicalarena.org/2012/01/18/krauthammer-romney-simply-doesnt-have-the-capacity-to-explain-conservative-ideas/
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/288487/taxing-romney-editors
Unless you can show me that Erickson, Krauthammer et al are all left wing nuts, your argument is as weak as Mitt's candidacy...
To refer to the republican party as pathetic, is being kind.
Newt and Mitt are giving president Obama some good information. Keep it going all the way to the convention.
Perry drops out and endorses Gingrich. That's like a failure holding the door open for newt at twenty thousand feet with no parachute! And then the supporter supporting another quitting loser for his cabinet or other position in his administration. Palin would quit before she took the oath of office! Turn out the lights, the parties over....I forgot....oops!
Romney is the appropriate candidate for Republicans. He is the biggest liar they have, a strategic soul mate for Boehner and McConnell and a perfect fit for Republican "ethicslike" and "integrityness". They will release more pollution than industrialized world, including replaying that past five years worth of character assassination. The Greedy Obstructionist Prevaricators party of debt and war wants to pick up where they left off in 2008 and finish their destruction.