Perry endures shots from rivals in first debate

By Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent

At one point during Wednesday night’s Republican Presidential debate, Gov. Rick Perry said he felt a bit like a pinata at the party as he fended off attacks by the seven other candidates on stage at the Reagan Presidential Library in California. But in truth, none of his opponents swung very hard at the GOP’s newest and most popular presidential candidate and it was Perry who swung the hardest, walking away from his first debate for the most part unscathed.