Rick Perry drops out
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“We have a tremendous field, the best in a generation, so I step aside knowing our party is in good hands, and as long as we listen to the grassroots, the cause of conservativism will be too,” Perry planned to say according to remarks released by his campaign.
Perry suspended his struggling campaign while strapped for campaign cash and stuck polling at near zero.
Some might liken this to being the first player cut by the Seattle Pilots.
Apropos of nothing in particular: the Pilots traded essentially all of Lou Piniella’s major league career to Kansas City (Seattle had picked him up in the expansion draft), for John Gelnar and Steve Whitaker. Date of trade: April 1st, 1969.