[Gaffer]

I agree. His comment about "no heart" is what did him in. But the real reason why he isn't likely to go all the way is his reluctance to debate; he just plain sucks at it. I can understand the jockeying with the other Republican Candidates and making allowances for him. But the nod, if he gets it, mandates he debate the One (The Evil One) in a venue with moderators that will bias and slant every question for Obama and against Perry. This is just a given. It wouldn't surprise me that Obama will be allowed a teleprompter in each debate.

If Perry is going to skip out on most of the rest of the GOP debates, this just confirms what we all know.

[GeronL]

More accurately, its the mentality and ideology that made him say “No Heart”. It screams “Not a conservative!”

[Liz]

La Raza Ricky is a Lone Wolf----he disdains working in concert with other politicians----his vainglorious sense of himself can't stand the competition.

WRT debates-----he can’t handle the questions, and the vetting of his Texas record shows him in a very bad ligh.

Very few politicans have displayed Perry's total ignorance----and his terrified "deer in the headlights" look as he stumbled through the debates.

This coward is copping out of future debates b/c he can't control his disdain and contempt for voters.

And if I ever find out he sucked up to Mexico by telling these foreigners he thought Americans were "heartless"....in my book, that would be grounds for treason.