Count me among those who are very surprised at the swift collapse of Rick Perry's 2012 presidential bid. Can he come back? Maybe, but I doubt it. He's always been a mediocre debater and last night was a perfect example. Was it the extremist rhetoric? Memories of the Bush hangover? Or an attack from the right on the more sensible aspects of his record, like the HPV vaccine and immigration? Or was it an uncommon bout of common sense among Republican primary obsessive-types? I'd have to say it was a little of all of the above. Regardless, it's a very welcome sight. Apparently Rick Perry has been unmasked as the vacuous, self-serving politician that he is. All that being said: I would not be surprised to see a Romney-Perry ticket: two candidates with excellent hair would be a formidable challenge to Kenyan-Muslim-Socialist, which should terrify us all.