Lack of a spine? (Sorry, the joke wrote itself).
Perry did spectacularly well on FNS despite Chris Wallace’s best efforts.
BUMP!!
If his bad back is to blame for his lousy campaign, imagine what it would do to his presidency.
I’ve actually wondered if this wasn’t the case.
and I’m gratified Perry nor the Perry campaign has made an issue out of it or try to make it out as an excuse. It something that he’s kept to himself and even though it’s a factor, he still doesn’t fall back on it as an excuse.
The stumbling, fumbling occasionally drunk-sounding Perry is not the same as the governor I’ve seen for the past decade. But it is possible that whatever pain medicine he has been on for his back surgery, while making his back feel better, has other effects on him, especially if he has a drink or two.
Total conjecture on my part but I’ve had a few brushes with pain meds and you can get in trouble really fast if you don’t respect the potential side effects. It might explain some (not all) of the gaffes he made last August/September.
Perry’s campaign so far is reminiscent of Pete Wilson in
96. Perfectly good candidate with an actual record, lots of eager anticipation, then, surgery that took its toll. We’ll see if Perry has time to recover before the actual voting takes place.
I had a “crushed spine”. After my surgery (I LUVVV MY SURGEON) it took a good 6 months to feel fairly secure my back wasn’t going to break and finally after a year I was doing things I thought I would never do again.
IT TAKES TIME.
His back isn’t really noticed. His gaffes are.
Personality wise he doesn’t seem like a bad guy, but he has some problems too big to overcome.