wouldn't let him into the republican candidates' debate on august 6. fox consigned them to the kids' table debate instead of the real debate. and then to adjure to that insult rick perry did a bad job at the kids' table debate. since then governor perry has sunk lower in the polls than he was before. he's approaching scratch territory in some polls. his fund-raising is also dried up to the extend that he has had to stop paying all of his campaign staff. well, last night we reported late-breaking news that the chairman of rick perry's presidential campaign in iowa had just quit. he's a man named sam clovis, not a national figure but sam clovis is recognizable in iowa republican and conservative politics. he's a former u.s. senate candidate, a right wing talk radio host in iowa. sam clough clovis has been running rick perry's iowa