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Presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry (right) poses with supporters after speaking at GOP forum Oct. 12 in Indianapolis. Barack Obama won Indiana in 2008, so to restore the state's reputation for producing conservative wins, the Republican National Committee plans to send staffers and funding to Indiana in the spring, says Rick Wiley, RNC political director. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry runs to deliver a keynote address during the Western Republican Leadership Conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain, left, shakes hands with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney looks on before a Republican presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks about energy and environmental regulations at the United States Steel Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant in West Mifflin, Pa., Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at GOP forum in Indianapolis on Oct. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks at a GOP forum in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Backers are saying he failed to reach out to evangelical Christians and has done a poor job on using surrogates. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks Oct. 7, 2011, during the Johnson County GOP Fall BBQ at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the Johnson County GOP Fall BBQ at Clear Creek-Amana High School, on Oct. 7, 2011, in Tiffin, Iowa. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, businessman Herman Cain and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman gather prior to a debate, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, Pool)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks Oct. 7, 2011, at the Values Voter Summit in Washington. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry answers a question as Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens during a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry mingles Saturday at a Manchester, N.H., chili festival. Despite setbacks to his campaign, he is expected to continue as a major contender for the Republican presidential nomination, partly because of funding advantages and weaknesses of other candidates. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo from Sept. 24, 2011, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island, Mich. (Associated Press)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie indirectly attacked Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, on immigration in a speech Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. Mr. Christie has said he isn't a candidate for president in 2012. (Associated Press)

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'HAVE A HEART': Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential hopeful, is taking some heat from conservatives over his position on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on Friday. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain trounced GOP front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney in a weekend poll of 2,657 delegates at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry (left) makes a statement as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens during a Republican presidential candidate debate on Sept. 22, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right) listens as Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes a statement during a Republican presidential candidate debate on Sept. 22, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to reporters May 8, 2007, in Austin, Texas, after letting stand a bill that blocked state officials from following his executive order requiring an anti-cancer vaccine for sixth-grade schoolgirls. Some of the women in the background on the left had contracted the human papillomavirus (HPV). (Associated Press)