Texas Governor Rick Perry won't attend the Palmetto Freedom Forum as scheduled on Monday.
The governor's press office confirmed for CNN that Perry will return to Texas following a town hall meeting in Myrtle Beach to address wildfire problems in Texas.
Perry was scheduled to attend Senator Jim DeMint's forum of Republican presidential contenders in Columbia at 3 p.m.
Returning to Texas because of the wildfires is very convient at a time when not doing so would require him to answer questions posed by Senator DeMint and others. I for one look forward to the pictures of Gov. Perry holding a hose in full fire fighting gear extinguishing the fires, and saving the state from further damage.