Texas Governor Rick Perry will return to Texas to reassess his campaign’s future after a disappointing fifth place finish in Tuesday’s Iowa Caucus.
Conventional wisdom says he’s out; but my gut says he may hang in this thing through South Carolina. Think about it. Why do candidates for president actually drop out? Cash and preserving one’s status for a future run. Perry’s got the cash; and any chance he’d ever have at taking another crack at this is probably shot because all that anyone will remember 4 or 8 years from now is how painfully bad he was in debates. A good showing in South Carolina and the chance to continue to rebuild his reputation as a real player may be worth continuing along the campaign trail – even if he’s realized victory will not be coming in this election cycle.
The candidate, once considered a frontrunner in the race for the GOP nomination, earned just 10 percent on Tuesday’s contest with more than 90 percent of the votes counted.
“With a little prayer and reflection I’m gonna decide the best path forward,” Perry said.
“But I wanna tell you, there has been no greater joy in my life than to be able to share with the people of Iowa and of this country that there is a model to take this country forward and it is in the great state of Texas,” he added.
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