The blunder, the biggest of Perry's three month campaign, undermined the governor's efforts to regain momentum for his 2012 effort--which he admitted in the debate room afterward.

Several readers were licking their chops. Among them was mb-veal, who wrote: Without the guts to even debate Bill White, he'll be a disaster against anyone with half the brains of Obama.

Tonight's Google/Fox News Republican 2012 presidential debate is the third such event in the past three weeks, and perhaps the testiest of the bunch. Perhaps most indicative of the comfort with ...

HOUSTON -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White on Wednesday accused Republican Gov. Rick Perry of disrespecting Texas voters by refusing to debate him. Perry, who is running for an ...

They aren't calling Gov. Rick Perry a coward this time, but an independent political group is continuing its attacks on him for declining to debate challenger Bill White.

Rick Perry likes to think of himself as a straight shooter—even when he’s not out jogging and firing away at threatening coyotes. So it was refreshing to see him in his first presidential ...

DENTON, Texas (AP) -- Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry have clashed in their debate over job losses in Texas and whether taxes have increased or decreased during Perry's tenure as ...

WASHINGTON -- There were eight Republican presidential candidates standing there in Wednesday night's debate at the Ronald Reagan Library, but the two-hour talkathon made clear that one of them ...

Rick Perry, Master Debater: The Movie! Richard Connelly October 13, 2011 6:01AM ...

Anyway, we're glad to see the new, hip Rick Perry come to the fore. We can't wait for the next debate, where he will respond to a blistering criticism of Obama by Cain with a solid "True dat ...