In my view the wrong candidate dropped out. Perry has an excellent track record, had served in the military, a necessity in my view, and demonstrated that he wanted the job so that he could restore America to its exceptionalism and to return it as the world leader in the fight for democracy worldwide.
He is a work horse and not a show horse but unfortunately the majority of voters seem to like a show horse.

As to the Democratic race. I will no longer trouble myself to watch it or speak about it because there is not a worthy candidate who has made claim, shown interest, or mentioned by its party as a potential candidate.

Personal Best Regards:

Hey, the boy wonder originated this thread so let him have his due. He stated that one of the candidates dropped out. Duhhh! Isn't that part of the process? More will drop out as time progresses closer to the primary. Works for me. I guess he doesn't understand the process because they no longer teach civics classes in school. The problem on the other side is, that they have no one to drop out, because then the field will be empty. Having two candidates, doesn't even warrant a debate. At least, that is what Hilary is hoping for. She does NOT want to answer any questions, other than what is her favorite food (chocolate) and what is her favorite color(it better be orange because she is going to be seeing a lot of it).
Isn't it ironic that now the only person besides Hilary running in this election (not counting Omalley) is a socialist? And what is more hilarious is the fact that Debbie Whatshername doesn't even know the difference between a Democrat and a socialist. Can life be any more ironic than that? So, the Dems are afraid to vote for Hilary, for fear that she will be running the country from the pen, and they don't want to vote for Sanders because he is an old socialist, and they wont' vote for O'Malley because he has to apologize to the "blacks matter" group for saying "all lives matter".
Hey liberals, if you need a genuine black to vote for, try voting for Dr.Carson. If you really want a woman to vote for, vote for Fiorina. I mean, after all it doesn't seem to matter to you other than their color or gender. So, why should party affiliation matter?

Perry would have made an excellent president. So would Huckabee, but he won't get it either. It's all going to be dependent on celebrity status, just like the last two elections. America has eaten too much red meat and the cholesterol is clogging the arteries supplying the blood to the brain. Americans can't learn from past mistakes, and now resemble zombies from my favorite TV show, the Walking Dead.