BALDWIN: All right, Let's get you to the CNN = Politics update with Peter Hamby in Orlando, site of the CPAC, Florida conference. And Peter, coming off of the debate last night how did the candidates sound at CPAC, and let's just start specifically with Governor Perry. How'd he do?</s>PETER HAMBY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Mitt Romney came in here riding high and doing a victory lap and taunting Rick Perry, but Rick Perry came in trying to move beyond the debate last night and a struggle to respond throughout the night as he was on the heels. Here is what he said to the CPAC conference today in Florida responding to Mitt Romney, Brook.</s>RICK PERRY, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: As conservatives, we know that values and vision matter. It is not who the slickest candidate or the smoothest debater that we need to elect. We need to elect the candidate with the best record and the best vision of this country.</s>HAMBY: So, you know, Rick Perry is right, the best debater doesn't always win the Republican nomination. But this is a bad storyline for Perry, that he is not good in prime time, he would not be a good candidate against Barack Obama in a debate, in a general election. So you saw him try to pivot away from that in front of a conservative audience, really pitch a conservative message that, you know what, we need to elect somebody who believes in conservative values and has conservative convictions, not just somebody who is good at delivering sound bite or a one-two punch during a debate -- Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: Peter Hamby, thank you very much -- under the beautiful blue skies of Orlando, Florida. Thank you.
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