Perry: I stepped in it during Republican debate

RICK PERRY says he “stepped in it” during Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate, but insisted his embarrassing gaffe won’t force him out of the presidential race.

He was asked if his campaign, struggling to regain traction, could survive. “This ain’t a day for quitting nothing,” he said, a day after he stood on stage unable to remember a government department he had vowed to abolish throughout his campaign

With a blitz of interviews and TV appearances, the Texas governor was looking to stem any fallout from a major mistake made in front of millions of watching Americans during a Republican debate.