Rick Perry will not seek a fourth term as Texas governor, he announced this afternoon. He will spend the next 18 months "working to create more jobs" and will "pray and reflect and work to determine my own future path," he said.

He did not rule out another run for president, and the speech -- which focused largely on what he called "the strongest economy in the country" -- had that ol' Perry-as-candidate feel we've missed so much since he oopsed out of the 2012 Republican primary.

Perry, 63, made the announcement at a San Antonio Caterpillar dealership, either because he thought it had a cool metamorphosis-analogy thing goin' there or because it's owned by a big donor. (Update: It was the donor thing). The decision comes on the heels of a poll that seemed to indicate some Perry-related fatigue among the electorate.