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Hi and welcome! great insight. I completely agree--he just does not look comfortable, which automatically makes one wonder about him. Can we trust this guy? I also think he's wearing his suits too big! Is he trying to compensate for something?

Love this observation, and agree! Perhaps it's because Perry, in terms of physicality, is the only other bull in the shop. He looks kind of tough and solid, like he could hold his own in an alleyway. Just throwin that out there cuz I'm not a man, but I'm guessing these things communicate on some alpha-dog level. Also I think Romney knows he can take Perry on an intellectual level and likes to kinda put that in his face. What do you think?

That's an interesting point. But here's the tricky spot for the Texas governor. What we see is what we get. I totally sympathize with the huge effort it takes to debate and hold the stage, but then again, these folks all want to be president, and back pain or not--JFK had back pain, and George Washington had tooth pain, and FDR was severely physically handicapped--they are in front of the electorate. And how they come across influences our perceptions on some level.

Such a goofy moment, and it was never completely explained by his campaign. In fairness, the YouTube mashup made it look like one series of flubs and guffaws after another; those in the room tell me it wasn't such a nonstop comedy show. But it was weird. And the jokes weren't even that funny!

That is true. Those were different times, but they still appeared in front of the camera and somehow hid the pain . You raise a good point; been thinking about what FDR went through especially with Pearl Harbor Day having just passed--and his having to appear before Congress the next day with a killer speech.

She does hold her own, and it's been so interesting to see her onstage with the male field. Like Mary Richards--remember the Mary Tyler Moore character--with unshakable confidence, as you point out. The stare--I've heard it described as soul-sucking. Don't know what 's up with that. But eyes are so important, and staring isn't cool in any setting. Makes the lizard brain in us think we're being sized up for dinner.