One unifying issue propounded by the Tea Party is that people take responsibility for their own actions. Perry is an epic fail in that regard.
He went so far as to tell Fla conservatives, "we don't need the smoothest debater." He actually believed conservatives would buy into that. Course his con job would have been different had he not committed political suicide at the debate.
THE FACTS ARE THESE: Perry's candidacy was torpedoed by his own massive ego. He thumbed his nose at his country and its citizenry, labeling those who disagreed with him on in-state tuition as "heartless."
The inference was that only the egocentric Perry was Truly Worthy (b/c only he had sucked up to Mexico).
That may fly in cattle country-----but airhead Perry needs to know he's not in Texas anymore.
In terms of being the smoothest debater or not, if one cannot speak of conservative principles in a clear and cohesive manner, then I don’t believe that one has those conservative principles.
The clearest thing Mr. Perry said is that if I don’t support educating the children of illegal aliens at in state rates, then I have no heart.
He was crystal clear on that, and absolutely in the fog on everything else.
I’m not going to be able to support a person like this, especially when there is someone the caliber of Mr. Cain, whom I can support.