Rick Perry is stepping down as the longest-serving governor in Texas history to clear the decks for a 2016 presidential campaign, according to several well-placed Republican sources. They said Perry is stepping down to make sure his declining popularity among Texas Republicans won't complicate his Oval Office ambitions.
Several Texas Republican sources told?National Journal?that despite Perry's insistence Monday that he hasn't decided on another presidential race, the governor has been passing the word for months he'll definitely run again in 2016.
But Perry was worried that his popular attorney general Greg Abbott could beat him in a 2014 gubernatorial primary, and that would cripple his presidential prospects months before he'd have to jump in. Abbott, 55, who has been confined to a wheelchair for nearly 30 years after a freak accident while jogging, instantly becomes the odds-on favorite to win the GOP nomination and succeed Perry as governor.
"Abbott won't announce for a while but he's been telling people he's running (for governor) and Perry couldn't take the chance Abbott could beat him," a top Texas money man said. "Nobody becomes president who just lost his last race."
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