Rough week for politics, Perry

You never know what to expect when it comes to politics, which can be full of surprises.

Last week was no exception.

The week started out with Jon Huntsman dropping out of the race for the  Republican presidential nomination. Huntsman gave his support to Mitt Romney.

Texas governor Rick Perry shot out of the front gates in the beginning, poisitioning himself as a potential front runner for the Republican nomination.

However, his run came to an end Thursday when Perry dropped out of the race and declared that he would be endorsing Newt Gingrich.

"I have come to the conclusion that there is no viable path to victory for my candidacy in 2012," Perry said in his speech in South Carolina.

But things didn't stop there.  According to AP, the Iowa Republican Party officials won't officially declare a winner from the Iowa Caucus that was held Jan. 3, although Romney was originally declared the winner.

According to AP, "the final, certified results announced Thursday in Des Moines by Iowa Republican Chairman Matt Strawn had Rick Santorum 34 votes ahead of Mitt Romney. But Strawn said the party cannot declare a winner because the results are incomplete — eight of the state's 1,774 precincts did not report their certified totals by Wednesday's 5 p.m. deadline."

According to AP, the Supreme Court threw out electoral maps drawn by federal judges in Texas that favored minorities on Friday.

The case comes after civil rights groups challenged the original maps.

 They claimed that the current maps discriminate against minority voters. The case has been rushed in order to reach a decision in time for the Texas primaries.

However, at press time, the fate of the primaries is unknown. They could be held as late as June.