Both he and his people had to know he wouldn't do much after the debate performance, it will get better. I remember how people cringed after Sarah had her interview with Katie Couric and how everyone went on and on about how dumb she was during debate prep. HA! Dumb like a fox. She just needed a bit of polish and she got that real quick.
Poor Perry keeps making the SAME RINO mistakes.
Good points. He’s had very few debates in his career, and certainly none at the top campaign level.
On the bright side, he is an extremely successful politician who can learn from his mistakes. He will figure out to talk about illegals, about vaccines, and Social Security. Each can be finessed, and explained, if not perfectly, but enough to get the issue off the table.
But he doesn’t have much time left in this campaign. He might need another four years of recovering and improving before he has a real chance at the nomination. Most Republican candidates have previously run for president before making it to the top.
You make a great point. What seemed like a done deal back in 2008 quickly changed. In 2012, it will all shake out soon enough. I’m a Paul guy so I’m not the best barometer for how Perry fared in the campaign so far. As a Texan I’m inclined to like Perry (voted for him), especially if it is true he doesn’t like Karl “Snarkitect” Rove and the Ivy League Bush asshats. If Perry was smart, he would coopt all of Paul’s domestic policies and a toned down, but still non-neocon version of Paul’s foreign policy. This is true for Cain too.
No amount of polish is going to shine the turd of illegal immigrants that Perry holds in his hand.
Get in some good people to work with him...and he’ll be fine.
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As a child, didn’t your mama ever tell you that “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear”? The guy doesn’t have it McGavin......he doesn’t have it..... He’s dumb as a coal bucket.