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Rick Perry ending campaign that started with sky-high expectations

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 19, 2012

Texas Governor Rick Perry, who entered the 2012 Republican presidential race with sky-high expectations but quickly stammered his way back to earth, summoned an eloquence he often lacked on the trail as he ended his campaign today and endorsed Newt Gingrich. In the process, Perry did his best to rally conservatives for one final assault on frontrunner Mitt Romney, who has faced a year’s worth of announced and proposed rivals but succeeded over the long run in fending them off.

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