Trump is not going to "ridicule" any of the debaters. To me, this is Perry throwing in the towel, at least in Iowa.
Perry will be doing his bus tour in Iowa -- the one that was already set up with appearance dates. He isn't about to stand-up voters to amuse the Donald.
Exactly right. Think about all the people who would never watch a regular debate, but who will watch a Trump reality show. This will be a good forum to finally get to those people.
Trump’s pretty damn egotistical, I think they are all afraid he will demand they agree with his positions. Of course he can be finessed, but Perry is not a finesser.