And what’s more, she loves me (Warning, Politico link ahead):
Rick Perry intends to use a speech in South Carolina on Saturday to make clear that he’s running for president, POLITICO has learned. According to two sources familiar with the plan, the Texas governor will remove any doubt about his White House intentions during his appearance at a RedState conference in Charleston. It’s uncertain whether Saturday will mark a formal declaration …
Well of course it’s not the announcement. This is the announcement that an announcement may be coming. The next announcement will announce the date of the announcement, the announcement after that will confirm or postpone the announcement date. This is how things are done politically these days. It gets maximum press and maximum contributions.
Make that “to make even clearer” that he’s running – it’s really been clear for a while, but at this rate I’m not sure it’ll actually be official before the primaries. But I think it’s not just about press and donations – there has been a rather high rate of attrition for all of the officially declared candidates, Perry is probably just trying to avoid deflating his bubble early. There’s just no way not to disappoint the Teabaggers in some way, that’s why the candidates waiting in the wings fare so good against the declared candidates in the polls.