Rick Perry was a leading candidate for the Republican nomination, until a series of terrible debate performances and viral ads derailed any hope he had. Texas Tribune reporter Jay Root reveals Perry's ...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a mental meltdown in last night’s presidential debate. It’s horrifying to watch, but really, he handled it better than Jan Brewer handled her meltdown against Democrat Terry ...

In the Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove writes that at Thursday's Republican debate in Tampa, frontrunner Rick Perry "needs to change the dynamic of the debates, in which he's been (in his words) the ...