"Why the Perry-Romney Slugfest Plays Right Into Obama’s Hands."

TNR's Ed Kilgore says:

Every moment they spend sparring over the New Deal and Great Society is a boon to Barack Obama. Even if the incumbent cannot win a referendum on his own presidency, he can win a competition between the ghost of Barry Goldwater and the ghosts of FDR and LBJ.

It seems to me that Perry is giving Mitt Romney a great opportunity to demonstrate his fighting skills.