Can someone explain to me where the heck Perry is getting all this money from

[bigdarryl]

I mean his campaign has been a TOTAL disaster and yet he still has all this money to go on the air in these states he's already up with ads in SC Bill Kristol I hear is even calling him to quit the race after Iowa. http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/01/sources-perry-starts-buying-sc-television-time-109466.html

[FarLeftFist]

1. He spent $5.6 million on ads, got about 12,000 votes=$500 per vote

I have no idea who the hell is donating to Perry.

EDIT for typo.

[RBInMaine]

4. Texas big oil. Who else?

[SixthSense]

2. big banks

enjoy

oh, the money comes from what got stolen from you to bail out the banks too

are we having fun yet?

[craigmatic]

3. big oil.

[efhmc]

5. Go to the Texas forum and see what we have been dealing with for 10 years.

Big business money,money, money, money. Remember perry was appointed by baby bush.

[starroute]

6. Texas runs on a system of crony politics

And the same big donors who give to Perry's statewide campaigns are also filling his presidential coffers.

Good for business no matter how it turns out.

[rainbow4321]

7. He took lobbyists along with him to Iowa

Saw an article in our Dallas paper that said he had TX lobbyists and various politicians running around Iowa for him. They never did mention the name of those TX lobbyists but I imagine those are the deep pockets he is reaching into. Question is, will those lobbyists now pack up and come back to TX. Given his track record of giving special deals/office appointments to those lobbyists, they may stick with him for a little bit because he is dangling a federal position in front of them. But sooner or later they will call his bluff.

[bigdarryl]

8. Looks like he might be thinking of dropping out

Said he was going back to Texas to recess his campaign That means dropping out