[Posted by Karl]

I’m trying to resolve some internet access issues, but the buzz is that Rick Perry will withdraw from the Republican presidential race today and endorse Newt Gingrich for the nomination on his way out.  Meanwhile, Gingrich in 1999 asked his second wife for an “open marriage” or a divorce at the same time he was giving speeches around the country on family and religious values, his former wife, Marianne, told The Washington Post on Thursday.

–Karl