Perry is one of the few (if any) candidates who is confident enough to be able to laugh at himself. That’s laudable and human. A lapse in an otherwise very good debate performance. He can’t be counted out.
I agree. He recovered well and if you take that moment out - he did really good, it was his best so far.
On the scales, Perry sucks at debating, but he has a record any of those other candidates on stage with him are probably envious of. You can't be 100% perfect, and I'll take a doer over a slick talker any day.
Don't know if you noticed, but Perry has gone from 30% in the polls, to 8% during the time these debates have been going on.
I don't know what sort of miracle you're counting on, but it's highly unlikely that Perry is going to recover the sort of numbers he started out with, with performances like these.
The man simply cannot think on his feet, which is a vital skill for a world leader.
Perry isn’t my man and some of his supporters have been incredibly nasty on these forums, but I don’t think that having a brain fart in front of a few million people compares in the least to making nasty comments about the leader of Isreal with an open mike. Obama has been given a pass by the press for so much worse. But they will use this over and over. We will see this on Saturday Night Live and all the late night talk shows. You don’t get to be Governor of Texas, or Governor of Alaska, if you are an idiot. This was a bad break, and I am sorry for everyone here who loves Gov. Perry.