He’s the only one up there on the stage that personally insulted his base.
Can you imagine what the media will do to him if he gives one of those bumbling answers in a debate against Obama?
He’s the worst debator of the remaining candidates, and his immigration stance and defense of it is just a non starter with too many people, not just Republicans.
This Dream Act has very little support among the American public, and he played racial politics with it (”it doesn’t matter what your last name is”, “you don’t have a heart”, “come here through no fault of your own”). There was too much of this crap in the Bush administration and Perry seems to want to double down on it.
The fact is, if he doesn’t take care of his bumbling in debates, he’s a non-issue. I think he’ll be fine on Monday.