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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
Debate tonight.
I think that Perry will be declared the winner. The way the chattering classes are talking about "Can Perry handle his first debate on the national stage?" makes me think that if he does anything better than show up dressed as a rodeo cowboy and make repeated nonsensical references to the Back Forty, he will be seen as having "exceeded expectations on the national stage" and "shown that he can appeal to voters outside of Texas."
Nothing like being a front-runner with low expectations. It won't last for him, but he probably has a few more weeks of smooth sailing.
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The articles are probably already written. All they need to do is fill in the quotes, declare Perry the winner, Romney and Bachmann looking good, ignore everyone else, and also ignore any sort of public opinion polls and feedback to their artciles.