Romney lost the whole debate just on that one.
At the post-debate ABC analysis, someone mentioned
that $10K is about 1/4th of avg income of a family.
That joke is a big turn-off for many middle-income
families.
This isn’t the first time Perry showed up Mitt...people railed at Rick for bringing up Mitt’s illegal alien worker, but recall Perry got Mitt to say that he couldn’t have illegals, for goodness sakes, because he’s running for President. Such a political answer, and a slip up by revealing his totally political mindset on the issue.
Now Perry goads Mitt into offering a $10,000 bet when they were talking about Mitt’s book versions and his position on healthcare mandates for all the states, and that line is ripping Romney to shreds.