Perry: Long Way From Being Over

Today Gov. Perry told CNN”s John King, “I mean Mitt Romney has got a real problem when it comes to consistency.  Those folks in South Carolina, I can promise you, they’re not going to buy a pig in a poke, so to speak, and a — a Massachusetts governor that put individual mandates in place that Obama took as the model to create ObamaCare is not going to sell in South Carolina.” A full transcript of this interview is posted on CNN.com.

Please credit all usage of the interview to CNN’s John King, USA

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KING: If you wake up tomorrow morning and see Governor Perry in a disappointing fourth or a disappointing fifth, is there any point where you would say, you know what, that’s a message, we’re going home, or are you going to South Carolina regardless?

PERRY: I’m headed to South Carolina.

The plane will be warmed up in the morning and we will be headed to Aiken, South Carolina, to continue on. I mean, the idea that one or two states is going to decide who the next nominee for the Republican Party is, is just — you know, that’s not reality.

This is a 50-state campaign. And it’s about the future of America. And I think Americans are ready for an outsider who will go to Washington, D.C., and overhaul the place, an executive who has got the governing experience of 11 years of running the 13th largest economy in the world, and doing it in a way that has made Texas the number-one job creation state in America.

That’s what Americans are pining for, someone who will get Washington off of their back, out of their pockets, and allow entrepreneurs to have the freedom to risk capital and create jobs. And I’m it.

KING: If Governor Romney comes out of Iowa with a win or a strong second and then wins New Hampshire, how do you stop him in South Carolina?

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