Why Bad Debate Performances Won’t Kill Rick Perry’s Campaign
The media narrative is that Mitt Romney is a shoo-in after last night’s debate (that nobody saw, since it was on Bloomberg TV).
Herman Cain is the guy with the buzz these days, though he probably will take a hit from having said last night that he wants another Fed chairman like Alan Greenspan and also from the shots he took on his 9-9-9 plan.
But the guy the media is trying to write off, and perhaps not completely without reason to do so since his last couple of debate performances (including last night) were not top-tier, is not going away.
Rick Perry still has lots of money in the bank. And while he might stink in debates, there is more to campaigning than debates.
Perry doesn’t seem to have the ability to speak in 30 second sound bites like the TV networks insist upon in these debates. But give him a less determinate time period to express himself, and the difference is palpable. From Redstate…
And then in a question-and-answer period, he gives very good answers – but they don’t come within 30 seconds…
Perry has to get out on the stump and he has to do retail politics or maybe one-on-one interviews on Fox News or something. He won’t find his rhythm in those debates.
But he’s still a formidable candidate. And it’s far too early to write Perry off. Because despite what the media and the establishment say, Romney still has three-quarters of the Republican electorate who don’t want to vote for him. And that means if Perry is the last anti-Romney candidate standing, he’s still going to beat Romney.
And whoever the GOP nominates next year will be the president. That’s quite apparent.
Quite formidable. Mort Zuckerman (even though he is a pragmatic Dem) mentioned this a few weeks ago. That being how great Perry is with groups and how much he actually knows and can give and take with anyone in such discussions.
Look…Perry has been stumping something like 2-3 months now….Mitt and Cain are both carryover LOSERS from past elections….and both have been establishing a support base for “MANY MANY YEARS” now….I still consider them both “LOSERS” …Perry is coming along now and getting to meet people that have never heard of him, presenting winning economical points,which will one day win him the nomination…..I would not worry about a winner’s outcome when we get to the actual voting in Jan….
Too many people are anticipating that Gov Perry will tuck tail between his boots, pull his cowboy hat over his eyes and run back to Texas. They don’t know Rick Perry.
Many want us to think this election is over and done with… they are so wrong. The only way Romney wins the nomination is if we buy into the media’s propoganda that Romney is the only one who can beat Obama.
While I like Mr Cain I am a long way from being convinced he is ready to be the President of the United States.
I am not looking for a Debater-in-Chief, I am looking for someone who has a plan and the expeirence to lead this nation into the future!
WE DONT NEED A PRESIDENT THAT JUST TALKS IT…… WE NEED A PRESIDENT THAT WALKS IT!!!!!!!! **** VOTE RICK PERRY **** 2012
Unless Rick Perry personally holler calf rope (which I really do not see him doing, Texans don’t tend to be quitters) only a fool with count him out. I find it offensive that NO ONE has bothered to vet Cain-there is so much dirt on him, he is just a black Romney-look at his stances – they are identical for the most part why do you think Cain backed Romney in last election. Cain is nothing but a stalking horse for Romney-Romney people have been voting for Cain in these straw polls…he & Romney BOTH are proven losers-(elections) while Rick Perry has never lost an election. Any one that pays attention to polls I would like to refer you to our Texas governor’s race a year out from the race, KBH who Rick Perry stomped was leading him in polls by double digits & everyone thought (except those of us who knew Perry) to win the election.
In this age of thoughtless, instant gratification, I find it refreshing that Perry doesn’t speak in slogans and thirty-second sound bites. However, given perception is often reality, I do hope, in subsequent debates, that Perry hones his skills. Shining a Klieg light on Romney advising Obama on ObamaCare would be a nice start. He’s done it in ads and needs to take it to Romney, in a pithy way, before a large audience.