People aren’t considering the consequences of their action.”
Everything you wrote is spot on true.
But..it is also true that Perry caused this himself. You or I could have outperformed him last week. Why didn’t he prep? Or why did he prep poorly? We don’t know; we just see the result, and now this.
It could also be pointed out that he has acted selfishly by performing poorly.
I suppose the problem of all this is that you don’t became a Governor and still have self-reflection skills remain intact. You have to believe in your own Teflon, and disregard all evidence to the contrary. Because that is what Perry showed the other night. He showed that he thought he didn’t have to prepare and that it doesn’t matter.
Alas.
(GOP: just give us someone to beat obama.....).
I think it may actually show just the opposite. That he was OVER prepped, OVER prepared.
An example of this was at the end when he was trying to show that Romney was a flip-flopper. That was something he'd OBVIOUSLY planned to say. He'd memorized it and practiced it but unfortunately messed it up. That one sequence colored the perception of his entire performance.
Many people didn't like his in-state tuition comments but he said them well.
When Perry is out among the people speaking extemporaneously, he's articulate and at ease. I don't think he's been at ease in any of the debates.