[County Agent Hank Kimball]

First, let me say I like Perry. I think he’s a very decent man with good instincts who has been a good governor.

Having said that, immediately after the Iowa caucuses he said he was going back to Texas to “reassess” his candidacy. That’s almost always codeword for “I’ll be dropping out.”

For some reason, though, he decided to stay on through South Carolina. There is no indication whatsover that he has a chance to get the nomination. Really none. I’ll easily admit Newt and Santorum have very slim chances, but they do have a shot based on polling in SC and FL.

Perry staying in splinters the conservative vote. He’s only likely to get 10 percent or so...but that 10 percent can make a huge difference if it gets spread between Newt and Santorum, which it likely would. Perry certainly knows this.

Putting 2 and 2 together: He can’t win, but he CAN hurt the remaining conservative candidates who MIGHT win. Yet he stays in.

Who does that help?

Hank

[naxetevitan]

We'll just have to agree to disagree, especially about the part about how he'll endorse romney. After watching Perry for over a decade down here, i've concluded he detests romney probably more than he does the Bushies and other GOP-E posers who were born with the proverbial golden-spoon-in-the-mouth.

I’ll easily admit Newt and Santorum have very slim chances

We'll have to agree to disagree about that, too. Never give up!