And the next fallen tribute...

[Spirit]

... of the 2016 election cycle looks to be Rick Perry. 

 

 

I'll stand over here while everyone weeps.  Kind of like George Harrison's guitar, except without the cool Clapton solo.   

 

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/insiders-rick-perry-will-be-first-to-drop-out-121350.html?cmpid=sf

Edited December 21, 2015 by Geoff

[Puget Sound Angel]

Oooops!

[Vegas Halo Fan]

“No money and cannot gain traction, even though he has the best record and a superb message.” 

 

Not to mention delusional followers.

 

Sayonara, bonehead.

[the dude abides]

Good riddance, f*ckstick.

[Spirit]

To be honest, I'm way more surprised that he threw his name in the hat in the first place than I am that he's going to be the first one out.  

 

His "oops" moment from that last election cycle is something I don't think you come back from. 

[Spirit]

Aaaaannnddd ... he's gone!

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/rick-perry-drops-out-presidential-race-213569

[red321]

Never recovered from his amnesty/immigration stance in 2012 (oops didn't help). Knocked his campaign off the rails then, and made him an also ran before he even entered the race this year

[Spirit]

I think his derailing goes all the way back to this.  I think this is what he never recovered from ...

 

 

https://youtu.be/4Q_ll7D0iRk

[Adam]

He reminds me of a redneck version of Little Carmine from The Sopranos

[Rico]

The only thing I remember from Rick Perry's two presidential runs was that he had a ranch called "Niggerhead"

[Crampknees]

 

I would have quit after this. 

[Jason]

That was his attempt at pandering to the LGBT community

[Tank]

clearly, if you're going to run for president, you should never eat a corn dog in public.

[TobiasFunke]

Second casualty of war is Scott Walker. To be honest I thought he was going to be one of the final two of the Republicans. I'm surprised he went down in a blaze of douchebag glory.

[Tank]

great news. bobby jindal just moved up from 75th in the republican field to 74th.

[red321]

Second casualty of war is Scott Walker. To be honest I thought he was going to be one of the final two of the Republicans. I'm surprised he went down in a blaze of douchebag glory.

 

I'm shocked as well...I figured he had enough establishment cred, but also spoke enough tea party, that he would be there at the end. Lots of things that Republicans would look at and smile...took on unions, defunded planned parenthood, signed more restrictive abortion legislation, and passed on medicaid expansion. At a minimum I thought the Koch money would see him through the Summer of Trump. To see him flame out so quickly brings a smile to my face. I guess the national electorate is tougher than hiding from grandma's in Madison.

 

I thought he would have been more polished, but his inability to give a direct answer (4 different positions on birthright citizenship/immigration in a week) and just general douchebag appearance seemed to do him in.

[the dude abides]

great news. bobby jindal just moved up from 75th in the republican field to 74th.

The Ivy League Exorcist will be the next to drop out.

[Spirit]

2 down. Everyone else to go.

And by "everyone " I'm looking at you too, Billary.

[Tank]

i would like to have heard more from scott walker. i'm surprised he dropped this early.

[LAAMike]

i would like to have heard more from scott walker. i'm surprised he dropped this early.

PAC money cannot be spent on staff salaries and his fund raising on his own was not enough to pay the bills. This is where Carson has an advantage, he has raised lots of money in smaller quantities. As usual, staff will play a big part in this process and generally that favors the established candidates but you have to get to Iowa first.

[red321]

Might as well start the Rand Paul death watch

 

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rand-paul-purple-pac-stops-raising-money

 

In what can only be another harbinger of bad news for Sen. Rand Paul’s troubled presidential campaign, one of three pro-Paul super PACs has stopped raising money for the Kentucky Republican, with its leader calling it “a futile crusade.”

[TobiasFunke]

How stressful to be a candidate. Your hopes live and die by millionaires that want to give you money or not.

[Adam]

He's better in the senate anyway

[Jay]

You have to wonder when these candidates form "exploratory committees" who thinks it's a good idea to run?  Then who actually gives money?

 

Lindsey Graham is polling 0.0 !

[Spirit]

Anyone who doesn't make it onto the stage in the next debate might as well pack it in.