[JimRed]

Pointing out the shortcomings of other candidates is fair game, but doing so in a mocking manner is not a great help to Sarah’s cause.

Save the Alinsky style mockery for the real enemy.

[rfp1234]

McCain was declared ‘done’ in late 2007.

[Obadiah]

Is Perry the best debater? At this point, it appears the answer is no. But there is still time to improve before he goes up against Obummer, and at this point I my primary vote would go to Perry (although I do like Bachman).

[Paperdoll]

Rick Perry showed himself clearly not of presidential stature last night. Combative and whiny! Romney outshone him at every turn, and I am not a Romney supporter! In fact, in my opinion, Herman Cain looked very presidential, and I loved it that he said he would get ride of the EPA. Go Cain! Cool, calm and convincing!

[Gaffer]

Both he and Myth are not in my voting lexicon.

[MNJohnnie]

I sorry but we have heard your sort of "be Democrat Lite" dogmas too often to fall for them any longer.

Our nation, and the world, is on the verge of complete fiscal ruin. Advocating "do nothing different" is the dogma of political cowards. We have no more time for this gutless "hide our head in the sand and pretend nothing is seriously wrong" political thinking.

Now is a time for leadership, not echos. Sorry that causes you to go into hysteric panic mode.

Man up or go home.

[faucetman]

The Perry Romney, side by side, comparison makes me like Romney more and more. This can't be a good thing. It makes Romney look and sound more presidential. I am not a Romney guy, I want Palin. But, Perry / Romney, head to head, Romney comes out WAYYYYYYYYY on top here. Romney must be just lovin these debates.

[ken21]

bump.

[Semper Vigilantis]

I have been wondering for a while now - exactly WHAT is Palin going to do if she wins? That is assuming that she even bothers to enter the race.
I hear a lot of here’s what’s wrong, but I don’t hear any here’s what I’m going to do about it.
“We need to” is as empty a suit as “hope and change”.

[Dante3]

Newt and Romney did the best and made Perry look bad by comparison. Still, maybe Perry still has an outside chance. McCain also was awful in debates. But, IMHO, the cards were stacked for him to win the nomination to assure a Democrat would win.

[editor-surveyor]

Perry damn well knows he’s done. Between calling patriots heartless, and the revelation that he has refused to withdraw his pro-choice position from the 2002 gubnatorial campaign, what can he have left to run on?

We don’t need two Romneys, in fact we don’t need one.

[jla]

Who is Riehl? Are we supposed to care? Let me guess, he’s a *blogger*,

[tsowellfan]

Reagan did not drop out. Neither should Perry.

Furthermore his stance on illegals (with the exception of tuition) is the same as Sarah Palin's.