Journos Bid Farewell to Rick Perry

In the past 24 hours we've been probing reporters about what they will miss most about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Presidential campaign. Most knew within mere seconds. Enjoy! MSNBC Political Analyst Karen Finney: "Rick Perry gave us some of the best debate moments of the cycle. I will miss his stammering, non-sensical, more bizarre than the thought of Newt in an 'open' marriage - moments." Politico's Roger Simon: "There was a Perry campaign?" CNN Commentator Hilary Rosen: "I'll miss the low expectations from the pundits before debates. No one is left to over-perform!" NJ's White House and Congressional correspondent Major Garrett: "I will miss Perry saying 'Luv you, brother.' I'd never before heard a presidential campaign sound like the fraternity rush chairman right before the first Friday night keg is tapped." Q & A Celeb's Colin Drummond: "Think I'll miss his huge entourage who acted as if they were actually guarding the President." Informal Herman Cain advisor John Coale: "Being on the edge of my seat waiting to see what he says next." Reuters' Sam Youngman: "His debate performances, his smile and his, uh. His… uh, I’m sorry." Metro Weekly Co-Publisher Sean Bugg: "Since I don't find bumbling incompetence quite as funny as everyone else seems to, not very damn much." BuzzFeed's Ben Smith: "I will miss Rick Perry, a great retail pol who was a ton of fun to cover." TownHall.com and BigGov columnist Derek Hunter: "I would say I will miss 3 things and pretend to not remember the 3rd, but I can't even think of the first 2 to pretend to forget the 3rd. You can't miss flying on a plane that never really got off the ground. Perry was a great concept, but a horrible candidate who only seems ready to run when it was too late to matter." SiriusXM P.O.T.U.S. Channel's Julie Mason: "I have been unabashedly keening and lamenting this departure all damn day. The presidential campaign just got 65 percent less fun with 85 percent less charisma. I will leave assessments on hair to others." Roll Call's Jonathan Strong: "Waiting for his next spectacular flub in the debates." Anonymous Capitol Hill reporter: "The mind numbing WTF moment that occurred every time he dove into the shallow end of foreign policy." Roll Call's HOH writer Neda Semnani: "I for one will miss his boots, Freedom and Liberty. Warren says he will miss his verbal face plants. I will just miss him in debates generally. But, let be serious, we will all miss his hair — his beautiful, beautiful hair that was obviously sculpted by angels." The Daily Caller's Jamie Weinstein: "Like everyone I think, I'll miss his eloquence and erudition. And his hora proficiency." RealClearPolitics' Erin McPike: "The self-deprecation. And I actually got an old-school back-slap from him when he was hustling into an Iowa event last month. His demeanor made for really good color, and that makes good copy." TWT Senior Opinion Editor Emily Miller: "I'll miss Rick Perry scaring the heck out of everyone on Capitol Hill with his push for a part-time Congress." TWT's Anneke Green: "All we DC insiders are mourning the lost opportunity to be ruled again by the sovereign Republic of Texas. For three long years, we've suffered the abolishing of beer pong, cowboy boots-n-tuxes, and ... and... What was the third one?" SHannitysHair: "First and foremost, I will miss his GREAT hair. Seriously though, I will miss his conservative voice in the campaign....even though he tends to get tongue-tied at times. Who among us didn't chuckle inside at his "oops" moment? There was one other thing I wanted to share. I forget. #oops" Human Events' Tony Lee: "His unpredictable Twitter feed, exclamation marks included. You never knew what he was going to tweet. He tweeted he was not quitting the race, a picture of himself at a shooting range, and even a challenge to CNN's Peter Hamby to make the Perry running team." Yahoo! News' Chris Moody: "His campaign aides were always great about hanging out after events to shoot the breeze with reporters. They'll be missed at the bar." From an unidentified WTOP management type, suit-wearing person: “Three things… the candor, the commercials… and… um, ahh” Human Events' Jason Mattera: "The blank stares and blonde moments." Eddie Scarry contributed to this report.

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