[Liz]

Two weeks ago, it was Perry 44, Obama 41. Today...........Perry trails Obama by 15 percentage points among women and barely leads among men. Perry trails among voters under 40, runs even among 40-somethings and leads among those 50 and older.........most voters over 40 voted against Obama in 2008. Perry currently attracts just 71% of the Republican vote

When will Perry realize he's not in Texas anymore? Perry gets away with mucho BS in Texas.....seems cattle country doesn't demand veracity ....or much else.....from its elected officials. Perry's campaign theme is "There's One Born Every Minute."

[sushiman]

The fix is in ...America is finished ...You think those that got Obama in the WH are going to let him go ? The Repubs are complicit . One party / two card monte baby ...Wake up people ...R vs D . A sick joke .

[Liz]

Perry's sucking up to illegals is a HUGE game-changer. Frank Luntz's responders were resoundingly pro-Perry UNTIL amnesty raised its ugly head. The responders suggested that Perry's sucking up to illegals disqualify him for the presidency. Perry wasn't smart enough to turn the amnesty question into a political plus and got loudly booed by the Tea Party debate audience.

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BUT, BUT HE'S SO "POPULAR" IN TEXAS Senor Ricky gets away with mucho BS in Texas. Cattle country doesn't demand veracity...or much else...from its elected officials.

EXHIBIT A. "No Ma'am," Perry replies when asked whether he signed on to support Obama's $800 Bill TARP giveaway.......even as the letter w/ Perry's signature goes viral.

[fluffdaddy]

These numbers don't provide any useful information. They only mean that Perry is involved in a contentious primary. His party is divided and, with it's divisions out in the open, his appeal for independents is suppressed. When the no-hopers (everyone in the field except Perry) are weeded out we'll get a clearer picture of Perry's prospects against Obama. There is very little doubt that Perry, or any other Republican, will crush Obama head to head in a real election.

Right now voters aren't’ paying attention and the few signals they receive from planet politics give them an unflattering image of Republican candidates. That's going to change. Obama is a failure and failures don't get reelected, ever.

Many around here can't see the forest because they have their noses jammed into the wrinkles in the bark of a single trunk. Here's what you need to know about this election season: The successful, conservative, multi-term Governor of Texas will beat the much less successful, one-and-done, progressive, former Governor of Massachusetts who signed the prototype for Obamacare and midwifed “gay marriage.” The same successful, conservative Governor of Texas will crush the failed, left-wing President, or any surrogate the Democrats substitute in a desperate effort to avoid disaster.

Personalities are irrelevant. Debate performances are irrelevant. The finer points of policy relating to entitlements, spending, national security policy and especially immigration, are irrelevant. Que sera, sera.

[Condor51]

Maybe we should be nice to Perry for a while. I hate kickin’ a guy when he’s down :-)

[miss marmelstein]

His Texas demeanor is certainly a problem for me. And his supporters are not making it any easier. My other problem with him is that he looked like a deer in the headlights when Michele Bachmann took him on. I’ve been told this is really a brilliant Texan ploy that will soon become obvious to the rest of us who live in the hoity-toity Eastern states. I’m waiting.

[rintense]

Stop that!!! ;)