it is south carolina or bust for rick perry, despite his poor snowing iowa, he decided to keep his campaign alive. former bush white house press secretary ari fleisher had some pithy observations on twitter. rick perry's thought bubble. if newt beats romney up enough, i can win south carolina. mitt romney's thought bubble. thank you, rick, so glad you stayed. nbc's richard lui has some more thoughts on why perry is moving forward. good morning. >> you have any thought bubbles. >> i think people in his own campaign were surprised. >> many people surprised, chris. it looked like he was throwing in the towel, the headlines thought so the "l.a. times," rick perry suspending campaign. dallas morning news, perry suspends bid. and then, there's the "chicago tribune," perry suspending campaign.