Union Leader editorial page editor Drew Cline said a few days ago that the two favorites for the newspaper's endorsement had been Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry.?But unlike Gingrich, he writes today, Perry proved himself??"woefully unprepared" to run for president:
He did more than misspeak. He did more than recklessly attack his own base and generally act like the class bully assigned to spend study hall with the chess club. He did more than forget his talking points and display an uncomfortable lack of knowledge of important topics. He simply suffocated.
With one disastrous performance after another, he proved that he did not belong on the stage. Perry and his defenders dismiss this as inconsequential. Debates are nothing but fancy talk, and it's on-the-job performance that matters, they say. In truth, debates are on-the-job performance for presidential candidates. They help reveal whether candidates can think on their feet; whether they have general, working knowledge of the affairs of state; and whether they have less tangible "leadership" qualities so many voters look for.
Continue ReadingPerry can work a room beautifully, and he has good instincts on federalism and the proper size and scope of the federal government. His line about making Washington less consequential in Americans' lives was simple and beautiful. But he has shown in the last five months that he is woefully unprepared to run for president.
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