"Texas’s economic record really is about 80 percent of Perry’s appeal..."

◼ "... Texas is just killing it on the jobs front compared with the rest of the country." - Althouse
◼ Five Points in Perry’s Favor - National Review
◼ The Rise of Uncompassionate Conservatism - National Review

There might be no more powerful symbol of the death of compassionate conservatism in the Republican party than Bush’s successor and former running mate in Texas stomping all over it with cowboy boots emblazoned with the words “Freedom” and “Liberty.”