I changed from Perry to Cain because Perry couldn't explain the reasons behind some of his policies well enough to convince me that they were soundly-reasoned -- not because he might have a moment of forgetfulness.
“Perry couldn’t explain the reasons behind some of his policies well enough to convince me that they were soundly-reasoned — not because he might have a moment of forgetfulness.”
They’re not soundly reasoned because he’s a moron. As they say, “politics is show business for ugly people.” Silly Perry forgets his lines.
What happened to Perry in the debate has happened to people of high intelligence many times. It’s not a sign of stupidity. It could be caused by anxiety (aggravated by being bashed for prior poor performance in previous debates), or possibly by early manifestations of senile dementia. I don’t really think Perry is Presidential material, and his positions on immigration are awful, but his ability to laugh at himself raised him in my eyes. So did his speech in NH, which some thought sounded drunk, but I see as a folksy, countrified person being himself. We could do better, but we could do worse.