All the attention is going to Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich because they're the Republican candidates who made their party's final four. But there were plenty of other Republican candidates on the ballot today in Arizona and Michigan who are no longer actively campaigning -- and Texas Gov. Rick Perry reigns supreme among them.
In Michigan, with 72 percent of the vote counted, Perry was running sixth, just behind "Uncommitted" with 1,412 votes, or less than 1 percent of the total (winner Mitt Romney has more than 312,710 votes at this point). Trailing Perry by a hair was former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer with 1,404 votes, Michele Bachmann with 1,354, Jon Huntsman with 1,284 and Herman Cain with an uncanny 909 votes.
In Arizona, Perry was running fifth, behind Paul, the Texas congressman from Lake Jackson.
-- John Gravois
we need Perry to come back
Posted by: Nancy | February 29, 2012 at 07:49 AM
The 4 remaining candidates have nothing to inspire me. For one I count integrity high and all 4 of the remaining candidates are liars. We already have one Liar-in-Chief so that is a sore pt with me. They also have no sterling records to go off to beat Obama. So my thought is they will be beaten.
Governor Perry was the only candidate who has a great record of job creation, energy, 2nd amendment, 10th amendment and returning us to the Constitution. He also knows how to budget. And he is Pro Life which is a biggie with me.
I am going to vote for Perry in my state because I vote on principle. "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, then you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." John Quincy Adams
Gov.Rick Perry is a leader and a man with integrity.
Posted by: Bethany | February 29, 2012 at 04:10 PM