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| Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry tries to josh his way past debate blunder
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 11-November-2011
4:36:46 AM |
| Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry tried on Thursday to convince the country he was in on the joke after his disastrous debate performance while even his supporters worried aloud about the damage to his already hobbling campaign.
Perry didn't try to sugarcoat the fallout from his minute-long stammer that crystalized concerns that he is not up for the job. Instead, he spent the day on a media blitz trying to laugh about the Wednesday evening debate where he struggled embarrassingly to remember one of the three federal departments he wants to abolish, ending with a grinning, "Oops."
He even appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman to offer the night's Top Ten List of excuses for the debate.
"Hey, listen. You try concentrating with Mitt Romney smiling at you. That is one handsome dude," Perry chuckled during his segment with the comedian.
The minute-long exchange was replayed throughout the day and into the evening on television, and it has already been labelled one of the worst debate blunders in recent memory.
"That's pretty brutal isn't it?" Perry said on Fox News, blitzing the airwaves hoping to provide alternative video. "I stepped in it. I think some of it is still stuck on my feet."
He doesn't have much time to clean up. There are fewer than eight weeks until the first nominating contests start and voters are looking for the best candidate to go head-to-head against President Barack Obama.
"It's something he needs to address pretty quickly," said uncommitted Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, an early primary state. But he said Perry has time and a key survival tool: money.
Perry reported some $15 million banked during his most recent fundraising period. His advisers said they had enough cash on hand to get them through South Carolina.
If Perry isn't able to log some victories by that point, he's got bigger problems than a 54-second piece of an otherwise forgettable debate.
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