The End of Oops

摘要

With only 6 percent of likely voters supporting his candidacy in the days before the South Carolina primary, Texas Gov. Rick Perry kissed goodbye his 2012 presidential bid. "There is no viable path forward for me," he said during the announcement, which Newsweek's Paul Begala greeted with Perry's own words, "Adios, mofo," on thedailybeast.com. Perry anointed Newt Gingrich, acknowledging that "Newt is not perfect, but who among us is?"