Perry at Dartmouth
Please watch these videos of Governor Perry at Dartmouth after the debate last night:


Not to be, ah, pawkish about this or anything: but as you can see, the difference between Perry’s performance at debates, and his ability to interact with a room, is palpable.


And here’s part II: the Q and A from last night’s (10/11/2011) post-debate remarks by Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Moe Lane (crosspost)
Aaron Gardner was on hand to record Governor Rick Perry‘s remarks after the debate last night. I’ll be putting up the video in two parts: this part consists of the formal remarks that Governor Perry made, and the second will be from the question-and-answer period.
On Debates
Bryan Preston takes on the inadequacy of the left-of-center, ratings-hungry establishment media picking the Republican nominee via debates:
Gov. Rick Perry’s long record is evidence enough that he thinks clearly, governs from principle and knows how to lead. We didn’t need the debates to tell us this. On paper, he is the closest analog to Reagan in this race: Successful governor of a large state, Democrat who switched to the GOP out of sincere conviction, a core conservative who can campaign skillfully and defeat whatever Democrats come his way because he knows what makes them tick. He can raise money, lots of it, and he can wield social networks like few others. Spend a few minutes with him and he can inspire you to appreciate your liberty....
The media moderators haven’t asked the right questions, or paid attention to the right things. They don’t have the basic knowledge to know how to get at conservative first principles. They play gotcha, and we Republicans let them, and form our opinions based on their antics. The Democrats would never be so stupid.
But, seriously.
RELATED: Stephen Kruiser adds his thoughts:
Given that almost all of the debates are hosted by very liberal-leaning media outlets and the questions range from sophomoric to absurdly skewed to embarrass any real conservative candidate, it’s not surprising that Romney is comfortable with them.
Romney is probably the most shameless of the lot, as well, just sort of glibly denying things he has done and said in the past, inventing things that he never said or did in the past, and otherwise saying whatever he believes people want to hear at this particular moment in time.
ALSO RELATED: Perhaps the most detailed and thorough take-down of Mitt Romney I've seen yet in the conservative blogosphere.
MORE RELATED: Moreover, was it not incredibly strange that former Democrat and Carter supporter Michele Bachmann had an opportunity to ask one question of one candidate, and she chose to rant about Perry once being a Democrat, then drop a series of inaccurate claims about Texas debt and spending? She's really something else.
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