Outside the Beltway

Rick Perry’s un-Lloyd Bentsen Moment

Steven L. Taylor · Friday, September 23, 2011 · 1 comment

Check out this clip from this week’s GOP debate, especially starting at the 1:25ish mark:

That what was obviously an attempt at a pre-prepated zinger about Romney’s flip-floppery and it was incredibly poorly delivered.

FILED UNDER: 2012 Election, US Politics, Rick Perry

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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter