Do you want me to parrot conventional "wisdom?"
If you want me to say it wasn't good, I would have to say no one can "look good" or do well with 8 lesser opponents trying to score points by taking swings at you.
Once the field is pared down and we can actually have something other than "poke him with a sharp stick" exchanges, we might actually know how Perry does in a debate.
Granted, debating is not his style of communicating. It isn't for many people. BTW did you hear Rick Santorum on Hannity yesterday going on endlessly (after a prompt from Sean saying he looked comfortable on the stage) about how important that is for a president. Santorum has a big head.
For what it's worth, a lot of the media hype about a "dismal" "bad" etc debate by Rick Perry (and it really was more catching incoming than a debate) --- the media doesn't like a close race and they need to slow Perry and keep it interesting and "breathless" for the viewing audience and keep those sponsors sending them money for advertising.
No, if I wanted that I'd have asked for that. No need to be defensive, I just know you're a big fan and was just asking the question I asked.
And not that YOU asked, but once again I am reminded that people think some moments are so important at the time, that are forgotten a week and definitely months later. It's not these TV shows that move primary voters--general election voters, maybe, but we're a long way off from that. I am intrigued to see how everyone who doesn't like Perry seems to be shouting "He's done!" Yet when their own favorites stumble, it seems, we just get excuses and dismissals. Sort of like how polls don't matter when one's favorite is down, but one positive poll and suddenly the polls don't lie.
You post a lot about Perry and I didn't know your opinion on this. So...just askin', that's all.