Perry is toast. He should drop out.
Engaging in an ad hominem jibe because of Michael Steele instead of paying any attention to the fact that Herman Cain is paying absolutely ZERO attention to the logistics required to fight and win an election is the same mindless behavior that resulted in all the Sarah Palin supporters looking like fools "Waiting for Godot" when it was obvious that Palin was never thinking of waging a serious electoral war.
"Amateurs talk about strategy and professionals talk about logistics." ..... Omar Bradley
Serious candidates like Romney or Hillary buildup their campaign war chests with the Dollars that will be the "Beans & Bullets" required to wage electoral war. "Phony candidates", like Gingrich and Palin totally ignore the "Beans & Bullets" and spend their time at photo-ops and book tours hawking their own books.
Cain, too, has totally ignored logistics and is spending all of October on a Barnes & Noble book tour.
Cain has already decided to leave the GOP nomination to his past and present favorite, Mitt Romney, and is concentrating his energies on being the next "Celebrity Politician" like Sarah Palin.
Perry might have warts but, at least, Perry, like Hillary, paid attention to the logistics that are required to actually TRY to win.
You were fooled once by Palin and you are being fooled once again by Cain.