I don't care who wrote it, I didn't get past the second line.
My comments here, save for my first post, are based on what I witnessed watching the debate.
You may have had a pre-loaded outcome already established before the debates even started. You have an image of Perry that is etched into glass and no additional input will change it.
Not faulting you, I am the same way with other candiates myself. Like Newt and Romney. Newt is that embarrasing Uncle who shows up at the family reunion drunk and loud, and who occasionally says something that makes sense, but later makes a complete ass of himself when he pukes in the coleslaw.