I heard a snip of an interview about the upcoming Fox Debate in Ames and they were saying they needed something from Perry about his candidacy (I don’t have the exact terms) to get him in the debate.
They really want Perry in the Fox debate but it looks like he’s going to be in South Carolina (?) — everything is getting bunched up. He’s going to, or is in NH now for meet and greets like they do in Iowa.
Personally, I don’t know how anyone could wait any longer to enter. It costs SO much to run and to get staff and organization and on and on — and to line up the money — it HAS to be done.
At least we know where Perry stands. He at least tried to work out an announcement before the debate but didn’t others participate before officially announcing I can’t recall?
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0711/Perry_put_out_feelers_on_Fox_debate.html