Perry has the perfect narrative for this race. That’s why he started out with that huge lead. He has a success story based almost entirely on conservative governance. He has much more to brag about than hide, but he ended up stumbling terribly on his weak issues so much that those items ballooned to shadow the rest of his record. On top of that he has shown no ability to be able to campaign on the big stage, both in debates and in quick response answers.
A seasoned team can coach him on these items. As he has released his economic agenda the past two weeks, he has an opportunity to recover in this race. We’ll see if he is a quick learner or not in the next couple weeks, or if his campaign is DOA. If he recovers and does well in Iowa, this race takes on whole different direction. Perry can easily do very well in both South Carolina and Florida, too, in the early states.
I would mostly agree with you. However, you forgot his ability to alienate and insult nearly three quarters of his base in one heartless statement.