In 2012, Perry sort of had an excuse — meds for back pain due to recent surgery.
In 2016, he needs to be sharper.
If he doesn’t know already, the media is just waiting for another ‘gotcha’ moment. If Perry does have another ‘oops’ moment, it will basically be over for him.
I like Rick Perry but he does not belong in this Presidential cycle. The polls bear that out. He will not be around for the long haul. He can be useful to the country in some other capacity.
As Foghorn Leghorn (the rooster in the old Warner Bros. cartoons) said,
"That boy's about a sharp as a bowling ball."