If Perry Can’t Debate, How Can He Govern?

Ed Morrissey is perplexed:

“Perry needs some serious face time to re-energize his campaign, and he’s not going to get that by pulling a Jon Huntsman and staying off the stage.  If he wants to make a point about protesting the number of debates that have been scheduled, that might be worth protesting — except that he’s attended fewer debates than almost everyone else on stage at this point, and his campaign isn’t making that case, at least not at the moment.”

Conor Friedersdorf thinks this shows that Perry isn’t fit to be president:

“This announcement [to bypass debates] is an admission that the Texas governor doesn’t even expect he can improve over time.”

(Source: andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com)