Here's the problem for the Texas governor after his awful fifth-place showing in Iowa, as the specter of his first defeat has come into focus: He does not really know how to lose. 

What's usually known in December before an election year won't be known now until February: Who's actually in these races?

For the first Inside Intelligence survey of 2012, we waited until the morning after the Iowa caucuses to see what Texans thought Gov. Rick Perry should do after finishing fifth there.

One question has sprung from many minds since Rick Perry's stunning reversal on Wednesday: What's the governor thinking?

Despite a disappointing fifth-place finish in Tuesday night's Iowa caucuses, which led Gov. Rick Perry to say he was returning to Texas to reassess his candidacy, he surprised everyone — including some of his own staff — by announcing that he would stay in the race.

A round-up of the morning show buzz after Tuesday night's Iowa caucuses.

Gov. Rick Perry will come home to pray and reflect and decide whether to continue his presidential quest after a fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.

It may have been a disappointing night for Gov. Rick Perry, but for another Texan, Tuesday’s results left few doubts about what comes next. Matt Largey of KUT News reports on Ron Paul’s big night — and where he goes from here.

Want to track the results live in Iowa? Using data provided by the Iowa Republican Party via Google, WNYC has built an embeddable app that will update live as results come in this evening.

An air of uncertainty is hanging over Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

Supporters of business tycoon Donald Trump have filed paperwork to establish the Make America Great Again Party so that "The Donald" might still be able to run for president here. Could he actually win Texas?

Political analysis and photos from Tribune and KUT News reporters on the ground in Iowa for tonight's caucuses

Gov. Rick Perry is not going down without a fight. He spent his last full day on the campaign trail in Iowa throwing furious punches at his rivals, rallying his Texas “posse” for support and pleading with voters to look past polls showing him in fifth place here.

On caucus eve, the political fortunes of the two Texans running for president stand in stark contrast.

It’s been a long 12 months for Rick Perry. The governor started 2011 in triumph, at the peak of his political power, with a high gloss on his boots and a national audience of conservatives eager for just the tale he was telling. He ends it treading water.

With the Iowa caucuses looming and Rick Perry's campaign failing to tick up in the polls, his newest ad pops his fellow alternatives to Mitt Romney for their many years in Washington, D.C.

In a tough new ad, Iowa caucus frontrunner-of-the-moment Ron Paul takes out after the "Washington machine," "serial hypocrite" Newt Gingrich and "flip-flopper" Mitt Romney.

Less than a week after he was notified that he would not appear on the GOP primary ballot in Virginia, Gov. Rick Perry's campaign has filed suit in federal court challenging the constitutional validity of the Commonwealth's ballot access rules.