From CNN today:

“Arguing the election cycle has too many presidential debates, Rick Perry’s top spokesman said the Texas governor could use more time with voters instead of taking the stage with Republican opponents.

We’re about 60 days away from votes being cast,” communications director Ray Sullivan said on CNN’s “John King, USA” Wednesday. “The candidates need to spend time in Iowa doing those town halls and spending a lot more time with the voters, who oftentimes have the best questions and press the candidates the hardest.”

Could it be that the Texas Governor also feels he is better dealing with folks face to face than trying to differentiate himself on a stage with six or seven aspirants trying to be heard?

For Governor Perry, who got off to a late start, this might actually be a wise strategic move.

“Perry, whose poll numbers have slid after a series of uneven debate performances, made headlines Tuesday when he described taking part as a “mistake.”

“These debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates,” Perry said on Fox News. “It’s pretty hard to be

One Minute Is Not Enough Time To Represent An Idea..Perry's Right

able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response.”

Governor Perry WILL participate on the November 9th CNBC debate at the University of Rochester, in Michigan.  The Governor’s wife is one who has been very candid about her husband’s performances in recent debates.  She hasn’t liked them!

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Filed under: Featured, Inside The KC, Politics by Sonja Eddings Brown, Oct 27, 2011