Rick Perry tweets, “Here we come South Carolina!”

(By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air) - When a primary candidate suffers a substantial defeat and states that he will “reassess” his campaign while suspending his travel to the next state in the campaign, it generally means that the candidate has decided to withdraw. That’s what Rick Perry did last night in the aftermath of his expensive fifth-place finish far out of the running in Iowa:



Curiously, that reassessment seems to have taken place without a return to Texas. His official Twitter account sent out this message at 11:10 am ET today, with a picture of a jogging Perry attached:

And the next leg of the marathon is the Palmetto State…Here we come South Carolina!!!