Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111031:08:58:00
I think secretly the romney campaign had a huge internal cheer because if perry stops doing debates, romney can stop doing debates and no candidate is going to enjoy the debates. that said there will be at least four or five major debates before the iowa caucus. >> walter, do you have a sense of why it is that the debates in this season so far have defined the race to the extent they have? well before we've actually started doing any voting? >> i think you have strong personalities in the race, and i think that, you know, what else defines it now? it's -- it's been, i think, very refreshing to...