Perry can’t recover as long as the media, and that includes Faux News is in the tank for Romney. It will make no difference what he does in the remainng debates, what he says, or how he says it. Romney could stand there and not say a word and after the debate Faux News and CNN and the rest of the media, will say Perry lost, Romney won. So the debates are going to change nothing. If Perry is to get any traction people will have to quit relying on the media to pick who won these so-called debates. Perry needs to go state by state and get his message out. Face to face contact with the people. He’s got the money to do it. When you read assinine poll data every day saying Romney is winning in each and every state, you should pay no attention to that poll. I will jump in hell with my britches soaked in gasoline if Romney wins the SC primary. But to listen to the Romney-loving media he currently leads in that particular deep-south state. I was raised in the Carolinas, have family that lives all over South Carolina and they laugh at Perry and his liberal ways. Either Perry or Cain, with Gingrich being the longshot will win the SC primary. PAY NO ATTETION TO THESE MEDIA DRIVEN POLLS! They try to tell you who is winning. All Cain needed to do was win the Florida poll and he appeared on every talk show in existance for the next week and it’s not slowed down. Michele Bachmann won Iowa and got about 15 minutes of exposure. Ron Pauls wins Straw Polls every other day and Herman Cain is the story for finishing second. And of course Romney finishing in dead last place means nothing to the media and they won’t report it. Let Perry finish last and it’s the talk of the land on national TV for a week or two. Has Romney, who has been running for president for 6 years, ever won a straw poll of any type? I rest my case.
Life isn’t fair.
But Perry isn’t going to play their game.
Personally, I think Cain has been getting the most glowing press - at least from the more conservative media. I think Cain is a nice guy, but I believe he'd get crushed if he were our nominee against Obama. I mean, utterly destroyed in McGovern like fashion. Why so many conservatives are throwing in with this guy I will never know. Herman is a complete political novice who is liable to say something utterly stupid and blow up his campaign at any moment, and yet so many people are backing him? I don't get it. I doubt Cain does either. I don't think he really believed he had a chance of winning and was mostly just interested in pushing his point of view and selling books. I don't think he will be the nominee, but the fact that so many are supporting him without realizing how badly he'd fare in a general election is a little disturbing. Maybe they feel they have no choice.
In my opinion, Perry is the only candidate in the race that can realistically stop Romney. If Perry can't communicate better and run a sharper campaign, then I guess I am stuck supporting Newt because I'd have no other option.