Debate Score: Perry For the Win

Pajamas Media ^ | 10-18-2011 | Bryan Preston - OP/ED

[smoothsailing]

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[lahargis]

Perry did very well tonight! He is getting the experience that all other others have!

[ken21]

no, by a long shot.

[andyk]

I like Cain, but I thought Newt was impressive.

[smoothsailing]

I wish we had seen this Perry at the earlier debates.

Maybe he’s finally ready to rumble!

UNFUND THE UN!!!!

[jakerobins]

Perry had a couple of good moments but he still has a ways to go....I don’t think he won the debate. But he improved himself over the last two debates....Bachmann did well also. I say Cain is still on top.

[Reagan Man]

This was Perry's best debate performance thus far.

He wasn't perfect, but he did get underneath Willard's skin and that was worth the price of admission.

Cain continued his strategy of being stuck on 999.

Good job, Gov Perry.

[MassExodus]

Perry looked at best, mean spirited, but mostly just dumb.
Debating is not his strong suit.

[af_vet_rr]

While it was Perry's best debate, he didn't win anything, not by a long shot. If Romney were competent, he would have really went to work on Perry's past.

And I don't think people were too impressed that we have to wait on Perry yet again to release another plan well after the debate is over. I'd take Anita Perry over Rick Perry at this point.

[izzatzo]

My tagline says it all, IMHO.

[Vision]

Do you win if you get the most boos?

[Utmost Certainty]

Perry was pretty awful, but better than last time I suppose.

[Outlaw Woman]

Mean spirited? whaaaaaaaaaa

Surely you didn’t mean mean spirited in the way the libs mean it...did you?

[Bainbridge]

If Romney were competent, he would have really GONE to work .....

Kinda ironic that your sentence showed grammatical incompetence......

[TitansAFC]

I am beginning to believe Newt Gingrich may ultimately wind-up winning this thing.

[marty60]

He’s warmed up and ready to go.

[Sudetenland]

Really??? I thought Rick came off as dishonest (his attack on Mitt about the illegal aliens was intellectually dishonest since he did not hire them directly and fired the lawn company as soon as he found out that they had hired illegal aliens). Rick Perry came off as petty. His response on the economy is still a one-note song, domestic energy production--good as far as it goes, but insufficient as a complete answer.

Truth is, Perry got booed more than I have ever seen any candidate in any debate and he deserved it. I predict he is going to continue to drop precipitously.

Sorry, because I had great hopes for him, but he would be absolutely eviscerated by Obama in any debate. He is not up to the challenge.

[Lady Lucky]

He’s so bad, I’m actually sorry he’s so bad. There is much to admire in his life and career, but as a presidential candidate — he’s really bad.
Give it up, Perry supporters. He cannot deliver the goods. Face it, get over it, move on.

[Huck]

Romney laughed and denied, but the story has been out there since 2007 or thereabouts. Romney lost his cool, for the second time. Perry scored another direct hit, and Mitt turned red again. The ice man melted.

I just watched that highlight and I thought Perry got decimated in that exchange. And I'm not rooting for any of them. Land of the Misfit Candidates. But I thought Romney crushed Perry on that one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIjo6ZzWXOM