You may be right about the necessity of debates. Palin would have a very difficult time wiggling out of her position on amnesty for illegals if she were subjected to the exact same kind of grilling given to Perry on this issue. I see NO difference and she may be even more lax on the issue than Perry.
Twice now Perry has used emotional ploys to save his butt. It ain't working. The left tells stories like the one about Burcham. Obama does it all the time. It is DISGUSTING to use personal tragedies as political points. He also accused people of not having a heart if they don't want to educate an illegal. EMOTIONAL PLOYS ARE A TRICK OF THE LEFT. And he is practicing them.