It’s a mystery to me why Rick Perry is not polling better.
I will be very disappointed if he drops out after SC though. It is an open primary state.
Expect a lot of votes for Ron Paul.
Perry’s nothing but a spoiler for Newt and Santorum.
Why split the conservative vote three ways allowing Willard the Liberal to lead by two points?
Willard 23%
Gingrich 21%
Santorum 14%
Perry 5%
It’s too early to get a handle on South Carolina.
By this time next week, Perry’s numbers should be far better.
Campaigning has just begun.
Huckabee Forum on the 14th at 8pm ET on Fox
South Carolina Republican Party debate at 9 pmET on the 16th
It’s a mystery to you? Really?
Go Newt!!!
Disappointed if Perry doesn’t drop out? His 5% could be going to Newt or Santorum. SC has got to be one of his best states. Isn’t the real question, why is he staying in? To help Myth perhaps??
Hank
I am not a Perry supporter (although I like him), but it’s a mystery to me too. It seems to me that his screw ups should be far enough in the past, that he would be making some progress by now.
Maybe because he stammers and pauses almost as much as Obama and he’s very quick to jump to the rhetoric of the left: “..against in-state tuition for illegals...you have no heart”, “vulture capitalist”.
But remember, Perry can be much more influential out of the race than in the race. If he drops out he will be able to speak his mind without any regard to how the opposition paints him .... ungagged! Same is true for Palin. She is a kingmaker now. She is much more of a threat now than she was when she held public office.