This is his signature issue. It should not require "thinking the issues through anew".
I have read your bio and done a little research on the organizations you highlight there. It seems that you have done considerable work with Mrs. Perry in the past and perhaps know the Perrys rather well.
With all due respect, (and I honestly mean respect) you may, perhaps, be too close to the family to be offering objective opinions regarding his performance tonight and his overall fitness for the position of President of the United States.
No, I’m just a pro-life activist. I’ve talked to Mrs. Perry once, and to him only in meet and greet lines and events. The Governor is unfailingly pro-life and pro-family, and he has won my loyalty that way. He attends pro-life Rallies and stays the whole time - he doesn’t just speak and leave or send a video.
My usual line is “I’m like Ronald Reagan, and believe in voting with the candidate who agrees with me 80% of the time. It’s just that pro-life is 90%.”
Losing a word or phrase is not pathological, it’s normal. We were watching for gaffes, and it was more obvious to us than usual because he gave a number up front.
From what I can tell, he’s genuine, knows how to say, “I stepped in it,” and seems to learn from his mistakes. I’ve seen him be polite to a man that followed him around with a video camera, hounding him with “Truther” questions.
But he reacts to the interviewers and/or other speakers and the situation, mixing what he knows for the situation, rather than giving canned answers.