PERRY’S ONLY WAY IS UP…

Perry may not have won the Iowa Caucus which is non-binding and he may not win in New Hampshire or South Carolina but, don’t count him out of the game.

Ronald Reagan who was bested by the incumbent President Ford in all primaries until they got to North Carolina went on to be shining light of the Republican Party.

By the time of the North Carolina primary in March 1976, Reagan's campaign was nearly out of money, and it was widely believed that another defeat would force Reagan to quit the race. However, assisted by the powerful political organization of U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, Reagan upset Ford in North Carolina and then proceeded to win a string of impressive victories, including Texas, where he carried all twenty-four congressional districts and won all ninety-six delegates at stake in the state's first binding primary. Four other delegates chosen at the state convention went to Reagan and shut out U.S. Senator John G. Tower, who had been named to manage the Ford campaign on the convention floor. Ford bounced back to win in his native Michigan, and from there the two candidates engaged in an increasingly bitter nip-and-tuck contest for delegates. By the time the Republican Convention opened in August 1976 the race for the nomination was still too close to call.

Governor Rick Perry hasn’t been an actor, however he has the same common sense conservative values as President Ronald Reagan. The facts that Regan and Perry have in common.

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