Ode to Perry

I've just caught wind of very shocking news. It's what everyone is talking about. Rick Perry is formally stepping out the Republican race.  He feels that his campaign is going nowhere and that he is at a stand still. Funny that blog was started with the Withdrawal of Herman Cain and will end with Rick Perry stepping out of the race. Rick Perry didn't seem to be very likely to win the Republican nominee but I thought he would persevere to the very end. His ideals weren't very ideal or practical to say the least, but it is still very shocking.  First it was Cain, then Bachmann, now it's Perry. The Republican candidates are dropping like flies. The news article and newcast can be found here, from the Lost Angeles Times. It's a very sad day indeed to say the least. We are nearing the finale of the GOP Primary and all of you Rick Perry fans out there, I feel for you. I really do. Rick Perry has said that he sees no viable path to victory.
The Los Angeles Times says that he gained more campaign recognition when he left then when he was running. They only seem to love you when you're gone.  He started out his campaign being the national leader in Republican opinion surveys for a while, but his poor debating seemed to have led to voters lost of interest in him.  The Los Angeles Times puts it this way:
"Perry entered the contest buoyed by high expectations and for a time was the leader in national opinion surveys. But a series of poor debate performances -- notably one in which he froze and failed to remember the third of three federal agencies he vowed to eliminate -- turned him into something of a national punch line."
Perry will not leave like Herman Cain. He puts his support behind Republican Candidate Newt Gingrinch saying this about the former House speaker:
He calls him "a conservative visionary who can transform our country." and says that "I have no question Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement and the courage to tell the Washington interests to take a hike if it's what is best for the country."
He joins forces with Gingrinch to try to take Romney down. Romney is the real threat to all Republican candidates it seems, and Gingrinch and Perry will make amends on that note.
What does this mean for the rest of the remaining republicans? Well, it's getting down to the wire and only one can be the winner. The previously forgotten candidate (but not in Iowa), Rick Santorum believes that both Romney AND Gingrinch are a threat to the country should they when the race to the White House as spoken about in a previous blog post. He even calls them Tweedledee and Tweedledum. He now claims that he is going to be the Republican nominee and is the only true conservative and practical candidate. But Santorum, remember that the rest of the country is not filled with Evangelists and hardcore conservatives. Do not forget about Ron Paul either. (Ha.)
In any event, Perry, you will truly be missed by your faithful followers. You can all be grim-faced together. It is a sad day.
Who will be the Republican Nominee now? Only time will tell.