[af_vet_rr]

Could Perry explain his economic plans in 1 minute? Why the need to roll it out during a debate with 1 minute rules? Makes no sense. Put it out there where you can deliver a thorough speech, let the media print it and have voters examine it. Then, open it up for discussion in the debates with talking points and defend it. Makes better sense.

I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying he should have already had them out there before the last few debates. His refusal to release them until after the last two debates is just him not wanting them to be raised in the debates. He goes after other candidates on their plans, but refused to have his own plan available for them to criticize. It's sleazy.

I won't even go into how he's ripping off everybody else, almost as if he waits to see how their plans are received or discussed during the debates before releasing his own. Even his "discuss defunding the UN" idea was borrowed directly from Ron Paul.

[mikhailovich]

You're going to find fault with whatever Perry does because your mind is made up that you don't like him.

Your argument is one way of interpreting things. I could suggest to you that Perry was the absolute LAST candidate to decide to run and get into the race. He was/is also an acting governor. The other candidates had many more months (or years) to implement a jobs plan, a tax plan, and so on.

I could also argue that his plan(s) WILL be available for debate, in the upcoming debates. Do you recall Huntsman was asked for his jobs outline during a debate and he explained that it wasn't completed yet? He came out with one later.

Cain and Romney have had the luxury in retirement to plan and develop ideas from the peace of their living rooms and a nice Cuban cigar.

Perry's energy plan came out between the previous debate and the debate this week. I could argue that rolling out a plan DURING a debate could give a candidate more shelter because nobody has had a chance to review it and attack it.

Come on, man!