2012 Election Prediction: Will Rick Perry be your next president?

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Just when the GOP 2012 presidential field appeared fully formed, a few Republican stars are sending strong signals that they might throw their hats into the ring.

After months of resisting calls to join the contest, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he would consider it. That could reshape the GOP field, adding a sitting governor who has never lost an election.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin also sent a jolt through the party with the announcement of a campaign-style bus tour along the East Coast, the latest possible contender to stand up since Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced last weekend that he would not run.

And former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is heading to New Hampshire next week, further stirring speculation that he will jump into the still-gelling field.

Perry, the longest serving governor in Texas history, would bring conservative bona fides, a proven fundraising record and a fresh voice. Even as Perry's closest advisers say he has no intention of getting in the race, he has methodically raised his profile, fanning interest.



Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani and Rick Perry are considering jumping into the 2012 presidential race. (AP/Reuters/AP)
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"I'm going to think about it," Perry said Friday. "I think about a lot of things."

That was enough to set off speculation he would jump into a campaign that lacks a clear front-runner. Social conservatives are still shopping for a candidate. Tea party activists want one of their own. Establishment Republicans remain divided on a choice.

Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is the closest to a favorite at this point. Like Giuliani, he ran for the nomination in 2008, losing out to Arizona Sen. John McCain.

Romney will formally kick off his campaign in the early primary state of New Hampshire next Thursday, the same day that Giuliani is now scheduled to headline a fundraiser for the state Republican Party and have lunch with several GOP activists.

Evangelicals who dominate the Iowa and South Carolina nominating contests are unlikely to back Romney or former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman; some call the two men's shared Mormon faith a disqualifier.

Twice-divorced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, too, has problems, although Gingrich is quick to note he has been with his third wife for more than a decade.

Last month, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, fresh off a turn as the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said he wouldn't make a White House bid; that unlocked many of the donors for Perry.

It also opened the door for a sought-after Southern candidate.

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[EDKsurly]

@ 1:53, We dont need a FUCKING star, we need a person to run our country correctly and honestly.

Im going to take a hard look at Ron Paul.

[morales83n]

We do have a champion... RON RAUL!!!!!

[sockett1]

I guess I'd lay my bet against you on this one? Any other gems of wisdom?

[MsRsclips]

dude RON RAUL? RAUL? you want an terrorist to be the next president ?>.<

[TheHawkeye518]

us free pyou know what? Let's move to New Hampshire and vote for that guy that will give us free ponies. Remember a vote for him is a vote thrown away

[MrThomasJeffersonian]

We're so tired of the ToP DoWn illuminati hand-picked candidates...depriving the people of a fair and honest election process, using the international banking controlled media machine to suppress the truth, by keeping the facts from the popular mind and falsifying the history of current events. We are tired of being handed globalist presidents who serve the special interests, while incrementally eroding our constitution and our rights.

Ron Paul, 2012!

[NatedogJr]

@omgcowshaveudders On poltical issues, i rarely trust polls. People are vocal about Ron Paul because they (even me) believes he the only non-corrupt politican. Many believe that if the GOP-er (except RON PAUL) beat Obama, the US will be destroyed and hell breaks loose.

[omgcowshaveudders]

Why is it that everyone on YouTube is so vocal about Ron Paul, and yet he's third or fourth in the polls?

[owlcatify]

if rick perry wins im leaving the country.

[Fringization]

Hahahaha Rick perry has never lost an election... Looks to me like he just lost two.

[Nagneto]

Nope! lol

[MasterFalkner]

i don't know who to pick...