Oh, McCain...
I’m not a Perry backer, but I am a Texas resident. I can respect his decision to pass on the debate.
Texas has no Lt Gov?
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
No win outcome in this situation.
I doubt very much he is thinking of skipping the debate because of tough questions. He’s had them before and he’ll have them again. I’d rather see him take care of his people, unlike some leaders that go on vacation every time something bad happens to our country.
In the meantime, Palin thinks she's on some kind of cruise...no commitments, no clues, no regard...sorry..she belongs in or out at this point.
COMMIT OR QUIT and help the party!! More like using people at this point.
Perry sounds like a typical establishment politician to me.
Has an excuse to get out of the debate, so he probably will. But, it’s “fluid” enough to change his mind.
Perry, you aren’t that important. Or maybe you just never learned to delegate. And just what does he think he can or would do personally in the span of a few hours that would make any difference? And I assume they make use of modern communications in the Texas governor’s organization.
People can spin all they want, but there was no legitimate reason for Perry to miss DeMint’s event, or tomorrow’s debate. Those fires have been burning for weeks and absences of a half day amount to nothing.
Rick Perry: Because of the Texas fires, I’m not sure I’ll make the debate tomorrow night
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Smart move. He would do himself harm if he did make the debates. These fires are intense.
Prayers up for the fine people of Texas. May the Lord protect Texans and strengthen them as they fight the fires.
Have Perry participate in the debate from remote onsite in Tx if the debate rules allow for it.
If Perry follows through on this EXCUSE and dodges the debate and look at him as a man who is not there because he is WEAK/AFRAID, because he is not prepared and because HE CAN NOT HANDLE A DEBATE.
Mark my words if Perry BAILS on the debate HE IS DONE. MULTITUDES of voters will simply write him off as a viable candidate for President because a PRESIDENT is capable of doing more than two things at once: handling an ongoing crisis while maintaining enough STRENGTH, MATURITY, SMARTS/WISDOM and COMPOSURE to also hold a debate, press conference, meetings dealing with other matters. The MSM will also use this EXCUSE to drum out the mantra that Perry is WEAK and not capable of being the president and Obama's reelection campaign will magnify this into a cacophony: Perry is not a prime time player.
Someone here on FR who is acquainted with Perry and his campaign staff had better pass the above along to him ASAP or he is TOAST should he decide to bail on the debate. No matter how bad the crisis is, Perry must be at the debate at all costs.
It is tough right now in parts of Texas. I have a large fire 12 miles from where I live. It is 0% contained...lots of piney woods in it’s path. Has started jumping highways...my neighbor has been gone since yesterday fighting this fire. It is TOUGH...so for Perry to be in a debate with fires like this...I don’t think it is a good idea.
That’s smart in more ways than one.
If I were a Texan, I’d appreciate very much his decision to (maybe) not go. He is needed at home.
six months before the primary and his state is really suffering. Sounds like the right call.
I don’t think Sarah will jump in, but now I’m hoping she does. After Perry ripped off Michele’s support, he is slowly being revealed as a RINO. Sarah has problems but she’s no RINO!
Obviously Perry started the fires himself so as to give himself an excuse to not have to debate SARAH!
He gets a mulligan from me.