Money Quote!
"But the most important question is this: What is it that Greg Abbott could defend in a debate?"
Don't forget the scourge of Texas not debating Bill White in 2010.. the whole Nation knows why Perry avoided that like the plague.
The real reason why Perry wouldn’t debate Bill White? Clue.. he couldn't.
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"Making his way through Bush Intercontinental earlier this week, former Houston Mayor Bill White says he was stopped by three different people who wanted to tell him the same thing: They now understand why Rick Perry wouldn’t debate him in last year’s race for governor.
White says it’s become typical commentary in conversations with people around town, ever since Texans got a look at the governor on the national stage, and especially at his fumbling, bumbling, “oops” moments on the debate stage."
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Silly ultimatums
"Many of us have known for a long time why Perry avoided White’s debate invitations. We’ve known ever since the governor started issuing his silly school-yard ultimatums as conditions for facing White on stage. Perry demanded White release his income taxes, and when White did release them, Perry demanded more, dating back to White’s days as Democratic Party chair and U.S. deputy energy secretary.
Perry maintained that he was “eager” to debate the popular three-term mayor, as he had debated previous opponents in statewide campaigns, and insisted that White’s refusal to keep acquiescing to Perry’s demands was in “staunch opposition to transparency.”
“It’s not about this good ol’ fighting Texas Aggie being afraid to [engage] that Harvard boy,” Perry told The Dallas Morning News. “That’s not what it’s about at all.”
More to the article..
http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/11/the-real-reason-why-perry-wouldn%E2%80%99t-debate-bill-white/
Mahalo, TexasT 
Great blog from Lubbock, Tx
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