I don't think Perry ever blamed anyone but himself.
He could have been poorly prepared by his handlers. He may have been overconfident. His last few debates have been pretty decent, but it's way too late now. He had his chance and blew it. Maybe if he wants to try again he can do a bit more prep work and not have the same thing happen. However, I think once Romney gets in and shows what he can do Perry won't have a chance.
Romney's going to lose by a huge margin. seriously, I have not talked to one Obama supporter who has told me he can't wait to vote for Romney. I've talked to a lot of McCain supporters (myself included) who will never vote for this guy because of his business practices, flip-flops and crazy religion.
If you look at Romney and Obama you'll discover that it's a battle between an accomplished workaholic and a smooth bullshit artist. Obama has never worked hard while he's getting paid, never. It takes work to make it through college, much less Harvard, but I don't see anything to prove to me that Obama has the energy level to handle the challenges that he faces. He has to take constant breaks to keep from pulling his hair out. He simply delegates his responsibilities to his underlings and when they fuck up he never accepts responsibility.
I see a different view. I see two guys who are educated and gifted. One was born with every advantage, the other was born into a world where he was a second class citizen due to his race. They both attended good colleges. Obama dedicated himself to public service, Romney dedicated himself to getting richer on the backs of working folks. Guess which one people will find more admirable.
I don't see this in Romney. Romney is a good man. He gave up two years of his life to help people on a mission. Not every Mormon volunteers for a mission. Time after time the man has shown to be compassionate. They'll tear him down for changing his stance on issues and for being a successful capitalist.
When Romney was off annoying French people (who were really doing just fine without the Book of Mormon, thank you very much), other young men his age like John Kerry and John McCain were off in Vietnam. Romney, son of a governor, was able to avoid selective service quite deftly.
And those fired AmPad workers would like to have a word with you about how he is "compassionate".
I think Obama is the anti-capitalist. His entire campaign is geared toward bringing down the engine that runs our economy. If he wins the United States will drop down several notches in the world. Europe will make jokes about how the once powerful America was brought down by their own President. Then the reality that America won't be there to prop them up anymore will hit them squarely in the face.
If Obama is anti-Capitalist, then why are big banks and brokerages amongst his biggest donors? We are going down, to be certain, but it is because of things that happened long before Obama got there. We need to turn inward and fix our own problems and stop worrying about the rest of the world. The rest of the world owes us a few weekends off, as far as I'm concerned.