The Rick Perry flame-out has begun.

[LuckyTheDog]

He was a mess tonight.

I cannot believe he apologized for being anti-cancer.

[sufrommich]

1. "he apologized for being anti-cancer"

As long as he added a "yeehaw" at the end, that will be enough for the teabaggers.

[UTUSN]

2. What did the boy do?!1 n/t

[quinnox]

3. I agree, I thought he looked terrible tonight

He definitely would be the easiest opponent to beat in a general election. Only appeals to the wing nut crowd.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. Damn, I missed it.

Did he get all flustered, was he verbally stumbling around? He does that when he's put on the spot for a quick thinking answer. The man cannot think fast on his feet, but he's decent with rehearsed talking points.

[femmocrat]

5. That's good news.

I couldn't stand to watch it. Hope there are lots of clips showing him bomb.

[banned from Kos]

6. Perry is a lock! He threw red meat to the lions, for crying out loud.

Perry will be at 50% in the GOP by Oct 1, 2011.

[sfpcjock]

7. Rerry is demagoging in front of a pseudo "Constitution" banner about those scary regulations

...tarring the EPA for applause from his ignorant teabagger audience. What he wants, of course, is to give every pollution right to Pig Oil and never offer any incentives to match for renewable ANYTHING. It was just on CNN.

[mainstreetonce]

8. No idea

No idea who they will claim won that mess, but Perry was the clear loser. Pathetic

[FLyellowdog]

9. So now he's PRO-cancer? WTF?

[rurallib]

11. it's not like the baggers listen

[KharmaTrain]

10. The Killer Soundbite...

"I can't be bought for $5,000"...like he's not some cheap whore. :rofl:

From a sane viewpoint he looked like a trash, but for the "let 'em die, I got mine, I hate brown-skinned people, Jebus loves me" caucus voters in Iowa and primary voters in South Carolina it's all good...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Fact Check: True.

He won't give you the time of day for less than $50,000. If you expect serious tax breaks, contracts and such you'd better be planning on paying $250,000 - $450,000, He may be a lot of things, but Perry is not a cheap politician.

[KharmaTrain]

13. Those Rates Have Doubled...

...now that he's hit the big time. Too bad the feds haven't tapped his phone like they did to the corrupt ex gov. of Illinois...my bets are this dude swims in deals all day long...and never picks up a tab.

[kstewart33]

14. Let's wish him well.

I say go, Rick, go.

And then let's see what the Dems do to him.

[Broderick]

15. If he isn't toast after this

All the better for president Obama.