“It appears [Perry] has little or no hope” to cast himself as the anti-Romney candidate, writes The Washington Examiner’s Byron York, and it’s the “little” that catches my eye. Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, had a major gaffe in the most recent Republican debate, but even that does not necessarily end his campaign. He remains a candidate, and he is still spending money in Iowa. He could even win there, but it’s not going to be easy.
Perry took the first step to recovery when he said “I stepped in it,” and told a reporter “yeah, it was embarrassing” after the debate. He might have taken the second step in making a few jokes at his own expense on Late Night with David Letterman. He can repeat some variation of those lines to voters in Iowa whenever the topic comes up. He or his wife should be in a different church in Iowa every other week talking to the Christian conservatives who catapulted Mike Huckabee to victory in Iowa.
