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I’m not sure on that. Perry was just starting to get the real vetting...and it was looking pretty rough (as we here in Texas know it would be). The early debates did end it for him, but he was about to have a LOT MORE to deal with right after that.

Definitely, Perry never got the same level of vetting that Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, and now Santorum received. He never had to explain his friends that were lobbyists, his donors, his ties to Giuliani, speeches that he's given in the past, support of controversial things, etc. Once he shot himself in the foot, the media just put that footage on loop and let it run.

And it brings up an even more important point - Romney has yet to receive that level of vetting. They dance around it, bring up bits and pieces, but for the most part, the MSM seems content on going after whoever is Romney's biggest challenger. This debate proved it yet again!

“And it brings up an even more important point - Romney has yet to receive that level of vetting.”

Great point - they’ll simply wait until he has it locked up (which hopefully won’t happen), and THEN they’ll vet him...just as they did with McCain (not that he needed it).