president? that s who we want in the republican party to challenge in the end. perry had to be a fighter. but i wonder if he looked more like sort of a mean-spirited bully. i heard somebody this morning said he looked like sort of one of these bar flies, puffed up bar flies who kind of got mean after a couple of drinks. that s not the image you want. yeah. exactly. your last point. you say that he needed to neutralize immigration, which is an issue that has dogged him somewhat. was he able to accomplish this? about half and half, i think. that s really his problem. his problem isn t fundamentally that he s a lousy debater. he could actually survive that. it s among the voters, perry needs the most, christian conservatives and strong tea party voters on the right side. his signing of a bill giving instate tuition to the children of illegal immigrants in texas is a killer. and so what he had to do was offer up a counter narrative about mitt romney that he s soft on immigration or fli