"Second time's a...uh...uh...I forgot. Oh, charm? My bad."

"I was this close..."

After serving all of this century as governor of Texas, Rick Perry's getting the itch to run for something again:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, fresh off a speech in Iowa, is going to another early 2016 state next month. 

He will head to Spartanburg, S.C. for a winter dinner and conservative banquet on Dec. 3, the South Carolina Republican Party and the Spartanburg County Republican Party announced on Friday.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/rick-perry-south-carolina-99586.html#ixzz2k6I9Xrgc

Here's a recap of Perry's less-than-stellar (might one call it Connallyish*?) run for president in 2012, when he dropped out of the race two days before the South Carolina primary. It took 6300 votes to get 1% of the vote; Perry garnered 2,491- even with the backing of then-freshman congressman and "economic advisor" Mick Mulvaney, whose chief fanboy, FITSNews, got all moist at the gloriousness of it all.

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*Connally announced in January 1979 that he would seek the Republican nomination for President in 1980. He was considered a great orator and strong leader and was featured on the cover of Time with the heading "Hot on the Trail". His wheeler-dealer image remained a liability. Connally raised more money than any other candidate, but he was never able to overtake the popular conservative front runner Ronald Reagan of California...

Connally focused on South Carolina, an early primary state in which he had the support of popular U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond, but he lost there to Reagan 55 to 30 percent and withdrew from the contest. After spending $11 million during the campaign, Connally secured the support of only a single delegate, Ada Mills of Clarksville, Arkansas, who became nationally known for a brief time as the "$11 million delegate".