It wasn’t mentioned at the link...I know Romney has also declined.
Has Newt accepted and have any of the others formally accepted or declined?
I have no problem with Perry declining, especially since it looks like he’s booked with other campaign events. I’m jsut curious as to how enthusiastic the other candidates are about this.
The Donald affair is a co-deal with NewsMax.
Here is an OpEd that points to and quotes a NewsMax tip on Perry's internal polling numbers:
Perry is starting his comeback in Iowa ………………. “We do not need a reformer in the White House, we need a sledgehammer. The federal government right now is a gargantuan, monstrous, out of control Leviathan exerting a tyrannical grip on the American people and our freedoms. Somebody needs to go in there and start breaking some china, and Perry is the only guy right now talking about doing that.
Newt wants to be the artiste in the china shop, and Perry wants to be the bull. We need a bull right now, and a Texas longhorn might just be the ticket.
When the air starts to leak out of Newt's tires, it's going to go into somebody else's balloon. It will have to go to somebody who is already in the race, a candidate to whom voters are willing to give a second look.
A Newsmax story today indicates that Perry might be that candidate:”…………………