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Perry Will Debate After All

October 29, 2011 at 8:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rick Perry plans to participate in at least five more debates, “dismissing speculation that the Texas governor’s lackluster performances so far would lead him to skip future Republican debates,” the AP reports.

He will attend all of the events scheduled in November as well as an early December debate.

“The decision comes after questions over whether Perry would bypass some debates to concentrate on other types of campaigning. He has always conceded he is not a strong debater, and has often avoided the sparring matches in his past campaigns.”

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