Perry Receives Key Endorsement from S.C. Congressman

Though he was not in attendance at today’s Palmetto Freedom Forum, Texas Gov. Rick Perry still managed to garner headlines.

He did so by virtue of the endorsement of Mick Mulvaney, a Republican who represents the 5th District in South Carolina's Pee Dee. After the two-hour forum, Mulvaney not only stumped for Perry, but announced he’ll be joining the Texas governor’s economic team.

In a quickly arranged press conference, Mulvaney said he has been in contact with each of the candidates, but it was Perry who approached him about offering up solutions to the country’s economic problems.

Mulvaney’s endorsement comes not long after fellow Congressman Trey Gowdy, a Republican who represents Spartanburg and surrounding counties in the 4th District, said he did not plan to endorse a candidate because he did not feel that a first-term congressman such as himself would have much influence on the process.

Mulvaney, like Gowdy, is in his first term.