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Yes, it is a very smart move by Perry and his team.

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Yes, it is a very smart move by Perry and his team.

Except that it's not.

Reinforcing the opinions of people that he is not the brightest bulb in the bunch and that he got flustered and had to reach out to Ron Paul for help in a debate is not going to help him one bit, especially on the heels of him botching the voting age.

I'm really surprised that Joe Allbaugh signed off on this.

This is not going to help him stay ahead of Ron Paul or consistently get back into the double digits in polling. This is not going to help him make the comeback that his supporters have been claiming he was on the verge of making for the past few months.