Political Checklist: Shifting GOP Primary Calendar and Rick Perry's Sign Problem

POLITICAL CHECKLIST -- October 3, 2011 at 4:07 PM EDT

Political Checklist: Shifting GOP Primary Calendar and Rick Perry's Sign Problem

Senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill and Political Editor David Chalian are back for another edition of the Political Checklist. This week they consider whether the accelerated Republican primary calendar benefits the front-runner candidates at the expense of candidates who need more time to make their case to Republican voters.

They also discuss a potential problem for Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign: The Washington Post has a story about the presence of a racially charged sign on a stone outside of a property Perry rented for hunting for many years in Texas. Judy thinks this will be a problem for the campaign, while Gwen questions why the Perrys didn't remove the rock.

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