Rick Perry should have been the GOP nominee. It was sitting right there. All he had to do was pick it up--or so it seemed at the time he first got in the race. Alas, his debate performances were pretty bad--the "oops" moment was classic--and his support went steadily downhill.
What started his demise, though, was an opening debate question on immigration and Perry's record of supporting in-state tuition for undocumented workers. It's one of a handful of things Perry has actually done right as a politician. As he himself said, "Have a heart!"
It didn't sit right with the party's tea party base, though, and, to me, it was that moment when the Perry "wave"--if you could call it that--crested.
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