Oooooo, that was painful

Governor Rick Perry was once at the tippy top, holding the hearts of 30% of the GOP. He has since dropped to around 10%, due in part to poor showings in debates. Fun fact: he only debated for Governor of Texas like once or twice. He doesn't like them. But, for his campaign to regain traction, he really needed to show up strong in last night's debate in Michigan.
Then this happened:

It was, in a word, painful to watch the man completely forget some of his own policy prescriptions.

Was anyone else wildly distracted by the tweets CNBC was constantly running along the bottom of the screen? Cause I totally was. The best were people bitching about them talking about the economy too much......it is CNBC asshole, that is the point.

They did ask Herman Cain a bit about the sexual harassment allegations against him. He stuck to his line that they were false accusations. Then turned around on another question and referred to Nancy Pelosi as Princess Nancy.......yea, this dude has so much respect for women, he would never sexually harass one. He admitted after the debate that he should not have said that.........but still.

My friend pointed out, correctly so, that sassy as he is, Newt usually references history in is answers. So, he doesn't sound as dumb as the other candidates. But that sassy look on his face......man.

Romney stayed above the fray. He attacked President Obama, but did not engage with other candidates. A subtle way to send the message-I am already the nominee, like it or not.

Next one is Saturday in South Carolina!