Mike Murphy, Republican Strategist:
Listening to Perry try to a put a complicated policy sentence together is like watching a chimp play with a locked suitcase...
A NYT columnist said Perry was like Andy Griffith on acid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/opinion/blow-rise-of-the-fallen.html?ref=opinion
Rise of the Fallen?
"Gov. Rick Perry, the newly minted Republican presidential front-runner, participated in his first presidential debate on Wednesday and did his best imitation of Andy Griffith on acid. He said that he believes Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, global warming is based on shaky science and hasn’t struggled at all with executing more inmates in Texas than any governor in recent American history.
This man shouldn’t even be allowed to traipse his boots and spurs into the White House for a visit, let alone take up residence there."