I started out really not particularly liking Perry at all.
One day I shut up because I had to give him a lot of credit for handling a really bad situation with humor and grace. He also backed out with same grace that I could never attribute to Newt Gingrich.
I don’t know if it was the back surgery or what, but he could have done far better. He seemed unable to fight at the time.
Maybe someone was looking out for him, who can say?
I believe that. When he dropped out, I think he said he still believed God had led him to run, but that didn’t necessarily mean winning——it could have been meant as a learning experience.
I do think he learned a lot during that run. If, as someone said, he’s thinking about running in 2016, he might be able to put those lessons to good use.