Rick Perry bows out of GOP presidential contest; Santorum “wins” Iowa


Written by | The Bellingham Herald | January 19, 2012

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has announced he’s giving up his presidential bid,  as the South Carolina primary looms on Saturday. Polls had shown him with single-digit levels of support in the Palmetto State.

Perry also announced support for Newt Gingerich.

The Wall Street Journal reports.

Remember when Perry entered the race and appeared to have the GOP world at his feet? Then came the debates.

Personally, I realized it was all over for Perry when a downtown Bellingham bowling alley made fun of him on its signboard. I don’t have a direct quote, but it said something like, “There are three reasons to bowl here: Great people, great food and …. uh, the EPA.”

In other news, Iowa Republican officials found themselves back in the spotlight after they announced that their final vote count from the Jan. 3 state caucuses showed Rick Santorum, not Mitt Romney, with a narrow lead. But they declined to declare Santorum the winner, because some votes are, uh, missing. USA Today reports.

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  1. WORST_EVER_43 says:

    In his own words… “Adios MoFo”

    Now, there’s just three more candidates I would eliminate from the field.

    Newt, Santorum and, uh..

  2. Richard May says:

    …Romney.

  3. AFY says:

    There’s another:

    Obama on Pace to Borrow $6.2T in One Term—More Than All Presidents from Washington Through Clinton Combined

    http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-pace-borrow-62t-one-term-more-all-presidents-washington-through-clinton-combined

    AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!

  4. rubiebegonia says:

    What a farce.
    Every penny we spend today over and above our tax revenue is rightly laid at the feet of Republican Conservative GW Bush and his budget director Mitch Daniels
    who took Clinton’s $186 Billion balanced budget surplus
    and turned it into a $485 Billion deficit in two years.
    Obama or McCain or any other president would have had the exact same problem – paying for all the unfunded budget bombs planted by eight years of Bush ,
    including two wars and saving the nation from financial collapse at the same time.

    Paying the bills with borrowed money is the only option when citizens refuse their responsibilities.

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