Clearly Wall Street Journal reporter Neil King Jr. has never introduced his right hand to his left.

From King’s Thursday piece headlined “New Whispers of Perry Bid,” about the presidential prospects of Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R-If I Can’t Secede From The Union, I Might As Well Lead It):

“There has been no substantial change in his positioning, nor that of his team,” said David Carney, a longtime Perry political adviser who is now assisting Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign.

Not so fast – on Thursday Carney took part in a mass exodus from Gingrich’s campaign, as King documents in his Friday WSJ piece:

David Carney, a longtime political adviser to Texas Gov. Rick Perry who had signed up to assist the Gingrich campaign, said the resignations came after “the professional team came to the realization that the direction of the campaign they sought and Newt’s vision for the campaign were incompatible.” Mr. Carney has also left the Gingrich team.

No mention by King that Carney pretty much pwned him the day before, when Carney had to know he was dumping Newt.

(The hardworking staff is laying plenty of eight-to-five that if Perry does run, Carney will be on board.)

Way to get used, Journal.