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Perry is in!

By: cheetah2 (Diary)  |  January 4th, 2012 at 01:06 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Last night I was despondent. This AM I read some encouraging comments from Perry supporters at Red State. I dozed off, woke up, and found myself praying for Perry as I do so often. I felt a tiny twinge of excitement- “I wonder what he will do next…” I thought about how surprised I was that yesterday he said he was staying in no matter what and then a few hours later sounding like he was getting out. That doesn’t fit the personality of my honest forthright Governor Perry. When my husband told me about Perry’s twitter from this morning, I thought aha. He never lied. He did go home to reassess, just as he said.  I am not sure why he did this, but if my own feelings are any indication it will build excitement among his supporters!

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  • http://travismonitor.blogspot.com Freedoms Truth

    5th place in Iowa and worse in NH and polling in single digits nationally … Alas, whether he decides to stick it out longer wont change things.

    • cheetah2

      It is way too soon for him to quit. The polls have been up and down like crazy. Actually the longer Perry stays in the more time he has to get back what he lost. Nothing much happens for 10 days after N. H. Lots of time for things to change.

    • izoneguy

      Were saying about McCain in 2008 after Iowa

  • lizzie

    Politico is showing Perry’s planned campaign events in SC for Thursday and Friday.

    anyway, after scanning the news.google just now – nothing like a surprise counter-attack to get back into the media.

    This really is a marathon, but now it is also just like the twist-and-turn endurance horse race in “Hidalgo”

    No reason for Perry to skip the NH debates – he will be on stage with six, and just needs to ace the 2-3 questions he will get. It is on network primetime.
    and a lot more people just now tuning in.

    Surprise attacks really confound everyone :)

    • cheetah2

      Was this brilliant strategy? It built excitement among his supporters. Instead of being all depressed that he did poorly in Iowa, was are all excited that he is still in the fight. Michelle Bachmann is out when last night she said she was staying in. He cancelled his engagements for the rest of the week giving him an opportunity to rest and prepare for the debates. He got attention from the press which took away attention from his opponents. Surprising people is always a good thing I think. Perry keeps us on a roller coaster ride that’s for sure.

  • pttx333

    go there to voice your opinion – I did and it wasn’t overly kind. Here’s the site:

    http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/01/04/question-of-the-day-if-you-could-have-voted-in-iowa-caucuses-who-would-have-gotten-your-vote/

  • buddyp

    It is really, really dumb for a candidate to make an announcement, particularly after a very poor showing in a contest, that sounds like typical politician’s code for “I’m planning to withdraw tomorrow”, unless he is really sure he’s going to withdraw.

    Otherwise, he hurts his campaign, because campaign staff, activists, and voters start to think they may be wasting their time, efforts, voices, and votes on a guy who is on the fence and who may very well drop out if the next contest doesn’t go well enough for him, in which case it may be better to get behind someone else.

    As damage-control, he should offer some credible explanation involving some concern he had before that is now replaced by confidence. For example, that he wondered if donors would continue supporting him, but found overwhelming support and strong encouragement that inspired him to fight and win (yadda yadda). And/or he could say he discussed strategy with his team and they realize they need to make some major change (in message, tactics, etc.).

  • Scope

    From this article.

    I post this as the demographics for SC are very different than Iowa, and vastly different than NH. The information is from the 2010 census.

    Med. Household Income- $42,580. (Under the national average)

    Median Value of Owner Occupied homes- $128,400 (under the national average)

    Bachelor’s Degree or Higher- 23.5% (under the national average)

    Veterans- 398,340

    From what I understand Perry has a tremendous amount of support from Veterans. Many of those veteran groups, and their leaders, that have endorsed Perry are from SC. If Perry can get a majority of them, it can swing the election his way, or to help him have a very credible showing in SC.

    I point out the income and education information as I don’t see the SC voters as being in favor of a multi-billionaire, graduate of Harvard, which is Romney. In addition, the median price of homes in SC doesn’t even touch what one of Romney’s tool sheds on his properties is worth.

  • Common_Cents

    I heard he is taking a couple days off and going to be in SC on sunday, meaning he’s skipping two debates.

    He cannot duck debates. Is he going to try the same tactics in SC as IA? What will be different? Doesn’t he think SC won’t be watching the next 2 debates?

    SC debate isn’t until Jan 16.

    Perry’s hesitation is much like Cain’s, even if it was short. Perry should have said he’s in no matter what, last night, then made changes on the fly.

    His staff and money connections are now looking for new homes behind the scenes, guaranteed. The commitment just won’t be there. Perry has to be in the debates and have great performances to have a chance.

  • http://www.changeforrickperry.org louisianapatriette

    See this article: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-people/rick-perry/quick-turnaround-perry-headed-south-carolina/

  • Death_of_the_Donkey

    He is polling terrible in SC right now (I know it was old, but it’s not like the IA results are going to boost him) and now is going to have to compete with a revitalized Santorum both in the debates and for the evangelicals in SC. I just don’t see how even a 3rd place in SC keeps him in the game anymore.