While FEC filings show Perry’s last bid for funding.

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Gingrich Raised $5M in January

Yes, to the non-Texan eye, it looks like Republican Gov. Rick Perry has slunk home from his last rodeo, having humiliated himself and his home state with a presidential run that will go down in history as one big “Oops.” Read full article > >

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Rick Perry’s back in Texas, and some wonder if he’s lost political power there

Now that Rick Perry has dropped out of the presidential race, opinion is divided on whether he will be tarnished by the campaign or shine as the same dynamic politician he was before.

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The Texas Tribune: After the Presidential Campaign, Texans Wonder if Rick Perry Is Damaged Goods

. GOOGLE HAS OPENED the submissions window for its 2012 student contest . Read full article > >

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DOODLE 4 GOOGLE: Katy Perry, ‘Phineas and Ferb’ to judge new national student contest

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—Five months ago, Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched his presidential campaign to great expectations. On Thursday morning, plagued by missteps and humbled by the voters, he called it quits, quietly returning home to wonder what might have been. Read full article > >

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Rick Perry campaign never ready for primetime

Columbia, S.C. — After 153 days, millions of dollars, the swagger of first place and the steady, awkward decline into fifth, Rick Perry’s presidential bid came down to a lonely stroll Thursday along Main Street in the town of Walterboro. Read full article > >

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Rick Perry hoping for a campaign revival in South Carolina

Newt Gingrich and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas attacked Mitt Romney’s character, his business record and his past views on abortion.

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Candidates Go After Romney in South Carolina

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is still in the doldrums in South Carolina polls, but he seems to have found a ready audience for stump speeches that draw on his faith.

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In South Carolina, Rick Perry Uses Faith to Connect

Brad Pitt has been walking with a cane in recent days, but not because he likes how dapper he looks with the accessory. The “Moneyball” actor told reporters at the International Palm Springs Film Festival he injured his ACL after he slipped while carrying daughter Vivienne down a hill during a recent skiing trip. Read full article > >

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Brad Pitt explains why he’s walking with a cane; Katy Perry thanks fans for ‘love and support’

Well-established candidates have always had the edge in fund-raising, but under the new rules governing money in politics, it looks like the rich are just getting richer. The vast majority of the $14 million in spending from so-called super PACs, a new type of political group, has been spent on behalf of three candidates: Mitt Romney , Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman , federal records show. Those are the same three candidates already most reliant on money from large donors. Read full article > >

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Super PACs alter the dynamics of fund-raising

What do you learn when you try to meet every single Republican presidential candidate in person? You learn that Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) is awful at small talk. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a ham, breaking into funny voices and goofy faces. And former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is . . . not like that at all. “Like talking to your doctor,” one voter remembered. Read full article > >

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New Hampshire primary voters get up close and personal with GOP candidates

For six decades the United States has planned for the capacity to conduct two nearly simultaneous major ground combat operations. During the Cold War, one of those campaigns was assumed to be an all-out struggle against the Warsaw Pact in Europe, the other a conflict in Asia. Since the Cold War, defense secretaries Dick Cheney, Les Aspin, William Perry, William Cohen, Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates have adopted some variant of this framework as well. It is time for a change. Read full article > >

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Why a one-war posture for the U.S. military will work

Why did Rick Perry decide to remain in the race? Knowing the answer is crucial to understanding whether Mr. Perry has any chance of mounting a comeback.

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FiveThirtyEight: Perry, Perry, Quite Contrary

When Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination Aug. 13, the same day as the Ames Straw Poll, those watching social streams could have rightfully assumed he had won the Iowa contest. Twitter exploded with Perry mentions, even though he didn’t participate in the straw poll, while the winner, Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), drew far less attention. Social media was the writing on the wall. Perry would soon trend up in polls, surpassing Bachmann and the rest of the field. Twitter was the early — scratch that — Twitter was the real-time warning system. Read full article > >

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@MentionMachine tracks the presidential candidates: Who’s up, who’s down on Twitter?

With 50 percent of the votes cast, Fox News is predicting that Newt Gingrich will finish tonight's caucuses in fourth place. That would leave Perry and Bachmann in fifth and sixth place respectively. Talking Points Memo notes that John McCain was the only candidate to win nomination who wasn't among the top three in Iowa's 2008 caucuses.

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Fox News: Gingrich Will Come in 4th