Whether it was Jack Wheeler or that morning run in Iowa or relaxing at Red’s Range, sounds like he has decided to grind it out. I believe it will take a grinder to defeat Romney and end Obama’s reign.
Posted on Red State, January 5
“Stop Insider Trading Dead In Its Tracks”
by Rick Perry
http://www.redstate.com/governorperry/2012/01/05/stop-insider-trading-dead-in-its-tracks/
From The Chicago Tribune Jan. 6
“Why Perry Chose to Keep Running For President”
What changed his mind?
Senior Perry aides, friends and staff members told Reuters that after a restless night, Perry and his staff ultimately decided there were four reasons the campaign should continue.
Most significantly, his team essentially calculated that Rick Santorum, who emerged in Iowa as the leading conservative alternative to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, isn’t a strong enough candidate to hold that position in future contests.
Perry’s campaign also received calls from supporters in Texas, who urged the governor not to give up. And Perry aides determined that their campaign - more so than those of Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, or former House speaker Newt Gingrich - had the organization and fund-raising abilities to compete with Romney in the South Carolina primary on January 21.
Finally, Perry decided that he did not want to leave the race without competing in South Carolina, a state whose conservative voting base is more in line with his politics than middle-of-the road Iowa or New Hampshire, which will hold its primary on Tuesday
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