Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced that he intends to travel to three major 2016 primary states over the next two weeks in order to continue his bid for a 2016 presidential run, even with the high unlikeliness of success in the light of recent felony charges.  

Perry has been noted as a potential Republican candidate for the 2016 election season, but the two felony charges for abuse power, which were announced this week, could make an unlikely run even more out of reach.

Perry was forced to turn himself over for a booking photo and fingerprinting in the case, which has made national headlines in recent days. He is accused of illegally vetoing funding for a state agency, in which he asked that Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg resign from her position from the state Public Corruption unit after being arrested for a DUI. 

Lehmberg refused to resign, and Perry vetoed the funds. Nw he's in trouble for it, and it seems pretty much like an open and shut thing. But there's a twist -- Lehmberg's office was investigating Perry.

Perry has defended himself against the charges in the days since the indictment, calling the indictment a symbolic of government overreach.

"This is not the way that we settle differences, political differences in this country," Perry said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday." ''You don't do it with indictments. We settle our political differences at the ballot box."

Even with the protests from Governor "Good Hair," the allegations complicate his attempts to woo Republicans in those essential early voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. 

According to the AP, the special prosecutor bringing the case against Perry, San Antonio-based Michael McCrum, said he would meet Monday with Perry's defense attorney, David L. Botsford, and with the judge overseeing the case, Bert Richardson, to begin discussing next steps.

Perry's aides say he plans to maintain his public schedule, including a Thursday speech on immigration at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, and then a visit to New Hampshire next weekend. He is scheduled to return to Iowa, home of the nation's leadoff presidential caucuses, the first week in September.

A number of Republicans, including 2016 Presidential rivals, have denounced the indictment, saying that the facts of the case could prompt conservatives to rally behind Perry.

"Nobody wants to get indicted but the basis of the indictment is so preposterous that ultimately it could be a political benefit," said Phil Musser, a former executive director of the Republican Governors Association.