The only person that can help or hurt Rick Perry is Rick Perry. He has a debate next week. He can come out and give the performance of his life and things said in past debates and answers he stumbled through will be quickly forgotten by most. We have a very short memory when it comes to debates. Even Reagan had a stinker or two. And he needs to take a lesson from Newt and Cain and instead of trading jabs with Romney, he needs to start going after Obama.
I do think the next debate will be the tipping point for Perry. If he comes out sounding unprepared again, I think its all over. It's up to him.
NavyCanDo— agreed. There’s a ton of pressure for him to perform at the debate. Like someone else said in this thread, the Republicans want a real winner, not someone who has just a shot at beating Obama, but someone who will defeat Obama, guaranteed.
Joe