2008 Presidential Candidates

Thank you, Rick Perry

I never would have voted for Rick Perry in the first place, but that’s besides the point. I said the other day that whoever loves their country the most will be the one who drops out of the race first and endorses another conservative BEFORE South Carolina (justifying it with a King Solomon’s Judgment analogy). But then I forgot to publish that post… Oops.

Rick Perry endorsed Newt Gingrich, who is currently leading in recent South Carolina polls (polls taken almost on the eve of his 2nd ex-wife’s brütal interview on ABC).

Rick Perry’s endorsement isn’t as big as Rick Santorum’s would have been, but it may indicate the beginning of the anti-Romney crowd coalescing around Newt Gingrich. It’s an important endorsement, even if it’s not a king-making move.

Of course, this interview with Newt’s ex-wife may dampen the celebratory mood in the Gingrich camp very quickly. If Newt Gingrich is lucky, this was being blown WAY out of proportion in order to generate ratings for the ever-struggling ABC news. If he’s not lucky, 100 Rick Perrys aren’t going to be able to get him out of this mess.

Rick Perry was very nearly the Fred Thompson of 2012. Even if he is a homophobic bigot with as much foreign policy sense as Mike Huckabee (none), he earned some respect from me today by stepping out of this race before a crucial contests or conservatives and having the balls to back somebody other than Mitt Romney.

Kudos to Rick Perry for doing the right thing at the most important time for the Republican Party and the United States of America.