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Hi! I watched the youtube video you provided. Fred Thompson seemed so at ease and in command during that debate (as Fred Thompson always did). He also did get the best of Mitt Romney on Romney’s healthcare problems!

Of particular interest to me was Romney’s admittance that he “likes mandates”. I couldn’t believe Romney said that when Fred Thompson was pounding him on Romneycare! Under stress, Romney even said something to the effect that all states should force all its citizens to have some kind of health insurance! That’s a far cry from Romney’s stand now that it was “right for Massachusetts”.

Here’s that link with that video in case someone didn’t see it earlier in this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35J1vYzrQJw

That video would be a great tool for the Perry camp to have, I would believe!

Also, it looked like you have been less than excited about Perry’s two debates. I’m with you on a less than stellar debate performance for Perry but will disagree with your thought he is less prepared. As far as his ideas and with issues, Perry is extremely well-versed. If you haven’t read Perry’s book “FED Up!” and may be interested in knowing more about him, you might want to get a copy of his book. He is very strong on Constitutional history and is passionate about how that works into today’s American society. He has lots of ideas and many conservative actions he has taken throughout the years. I think he seems to be very aware of what current events are happening and what current politicians are doing these days. He’s VERY knowledgeable.

However, I agree with you he has not come off in the debates as the person I just described in the paragraph above. The reason possibly? (And we are just talking possibles here...) Perry, in these last two presidential debates which were his FIRST two presidential debates, is still getting used to the debate “scene”, getting a feel for a specific national platform such as this. Remember, he was a late comer to the campaign and missed one or two earlier debates, losing that experience the others had. I felt as if Perry was quite a bit better in the second debate (here again talking performance wise) than he was his first debate. Hopefully we’ll see a better debating Perry tomorrow night, his third national debate.

Rick Perry will blow your socks off when you hear him give a speech. He is a wonderful speaker; he is passionate, and he can draw passion from those who listen. On the other hand, he’s new at presidential-style debates where as Mitt Romney has what... five years or so of experience doing them? That’s probably why Romney looks so strong and comfortable with debating.

I believe you’ll see Rick Perry pick up the pace as he goes along and as he feels more comfortable with the situation and with that specific environment. For his sake, I sure hope he’s a quick learner like that! LOL

Thanks again for sharing that youtube video of Fred Thompson debating Mitt Romney on Romneycare. Romneycare is certainly an issue that got buried these last couple of weeks with other things going on, and not only does Romneycare need to come out of hiding, Rick Perry should BLAST Romney just as Fred Thompson did in that video! Thanks for sharing it!