They both got hurt. And if you don’t think so, go ahead and believe it. I like her, but I like her less after the exchange. Many on this and other message boards are of a like mind on that.
And you can’t have it both ways on “average voters” saying on one sentence that they “could care less” and then the next saying they did tune in on the “grinning politician.” Either/or......
And we aren’t talking about “average voters” at this point anyway. We’re talking about engaged conservatives, and I think she did indeed hurt herself among those and I think she did indeed inflict some damage to Perry as well.
BTW, Conservatives are of course much more cerebral and high tone when it comes to little girls ~ they sit there and pause and think about it before they say "Duh, I should defend the little girls" (/s).
You'll find that the average person on our side the aisle thinks more highly of the tiny woman who lept to the defense of the little girls (irrespective of the logic of her arguments) than the grinning gentleman who got involved in telling those same girls what's good for them!
A wise man puts an adult woman between himself and those issues.