Beating a dead campaign
Rick Perry to jog on to South Carolina as Twitter ridiculous as ever: Can'tstop, won't stop
- The governor remarks in this pic: "And the next leg of the marathon is thePalmetto State...Here we come South Carolina!!!"Photo via Yfrog.com
- Michele BachmannPhoto via International Business Times/Reuters
- Rick PerryPhoto by Gage Skidmore
Following a less-than-stellar showing at the Iowa caucus Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry returned to his home state of Texas to reevaluate his presidential campaign.
And although he canceled plans following the caucus to travel straight to the South Carolina primary, Perry used his most-controversial medium, Twitter, to rebuff rumors Wednesday that he planned to drop out of the race.
Perry posted a photo of himself jogging with the caption that he was on his way to South Carolina, and his campaign quickly confirmed to CNN that "we're back on." Perry's announcement came just on the heels of Michele Bachmann's resignation Wednesday, which she tendered after coming in dead last at the Iowa caucus with just five percent of the vote.
Perry himself didn't do much better, paying an estimated $6 million in media spending for just 10 percent of the votes and a fifth-place finish.