So now that Huntsman has dropped out to help Willard the Lib, can Perry drop out now to help conservatives?
South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary Polling Data
Poll Date Sample Perry Huntsman
RCP Average 1/11 - 1/13 — 5.7 5.7
PPP Polling 1/11 - 1/13 803 LV 6 5
Rasmussen 1/12 - 1/12 750 LV 6 5
InsiderAdv 1/11 - 1/11 726 LV 5 7
I don’t know, maybe you can ask him, huh? Do you think?/s
My governor (Bob McDonnell) is probably going to endorse in the next couple of days. Don’t know who, but he’s expressed a strong preference for a guy who has executive experience already, which at this point leaves Romney and Perry. He endorsed Thompson over Romney in 2008, so I doubt he’s all that thrilled to endorse Romney, but with Perry having been discarded already, even though he’s tons better than Romney, that doesn’t leave much room.
I was expecting he’d endorse Perry at some point, but I presume now that depends on whether he thinks Perry has any chance at all to win. I wish he had endorsed him back in November — maybe it would have helped Perry get signatures for Virginia. I also wish he’d consider a non-Governor.
On the other hand, he has first-hand knowledge of these guys, having worked with them over the years. He is a known solid conservative, and his ability to judge the candidates is probably superior to mine because of his additional knowledge.