I would submit that they both “lost” in this exchange - Perry for not responding very intelligently as you state - and MB for going over the top and over dramatic and for not letting her scored points speak for themselves.
Perry should have simply responded “for someone who supports the biggest crony scam ever - ethanol subsidies - I’m surprised to hear that you are so concerned about it...” — or something like that. But he was not sharp enough or prepared enough to do so.
Disappointing X 2 for both of them IMO.
You make some very good points! He will need to step up his game if he wants to get my vote. I don’t think Bachmann is going to get the nomination (although I like her very much) so I don’t like to see the other candidates stumbling around, looking foolish.
I wonder if he was prepared for Romney’s attacks, but not Bachmann’s...