I wouldn't count on that. All Governor Perry needs is a good showing in Iowa to put him right back in contention. Newt's leading big there but there are a whole lot of undecideds and almost no one, according to recent polls, is firmly committed to ANY candidate. Iowa is completely up in the air. But among potential caucus goers who have seen at least one Rick Perry ad he has a 71% approval rating. Don't write him off!
I recently got an email from the Perry camp that their last poll in IA had Perry back into the low teens 13-14% IIRC and moving up. It's still early nobody has voted yet and the first Pub states (SC & FL) don't vote for at least 6 weeks. Why everyone seems to want a bunch of moderates in IA and liberals in NH picking our candidate I don't know.