“....Perry just sits there?! Is he ever going to respond, maybe even counterattack?”
Oldest rule of politics: when your opponent is digging a hole to bury him/herself, don’t get in the way.
“Oldest rule of politics: when your opponent is digging a hole to bury him/herself, don’t get in the way.”
Big problem with trying to apply that old saw to this situation.
First, the polls already are showing her attacks are hurting Perry, both on the misuse of Executive Order issue, and the Crony Capitalism issue.
Second, she is not Perry’s real opponent. If she is digging a hole for herself with media playing up the allegation of bad-effects of the Gardisil serum issue, so what? Her campaign is going nowhere anyway - she is not the threat to Perry. Her digging a hole really does not help Perry, unlike if she were his only opponent in the race.