Just my opinion, but I think Perry has spent most of his time dealing with the fires, and probably hasn’t spent much time “prepping” for a debate. I actually had very low expectations for his first debate.
Perry has been fighting fires. The others have been sitting down with Diet Cokes reviewing notes.
He’s very busy right now, they aren’t.
At first I didn’t think much about Huntsman and his campaign, thinking: “well, let him run, everyone can dream, can’t they?”
Now I think he’s some kind of sabateur or just a dumb@ss - I really dislike him now.