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I read what you wrote in your commentary, and what you said was ridiculous. As long as we give people an incentive to come to this country illegally, they will come. The federal government could do a better job of keeping them out of our country, but that's no excuse for Rick Perry adding to the incentives for people to break the law. As long as Rick Perry is adding to the incentives for people to break the law, he's part of the problem and not part of the solution.

The real issue is that Rick Perry just isn't much of a conservative. I guess for people who measure conservatism by being bombastic and inarticulate, he's a conservative, but for those of us who look for someone who will advance policies and causes that will move the country in the right direction, Rick Perry doesn't have the right stuff. You can be as snippy and sarcastic as you want, but you aren't making him into a conservative. If he has a strong enough Congress behind him, he may not be a bad president, but Obama will have to fall even farther before Rick Perry can win the general election.

Gov. Rick Perry has already engaged and won battles against:

Big Education!

Big Law Suit Abuse!

Big EPA green regulations!

Perry Doctrine: "We Stand with our Allies"

The incentive for illegals coming to America is the opportunity that we offer vs Mexico. I seriously doubt that they are coming across the border for in state tuition at UOT. They actually have to pay money to attend college.

The libertarian view is no borders at all and I do not agree with that. Their reasoning is the amount of government benefits showered on warm bodies is ten or twenty times the standard of living of their homeland. Living poor in America is living the king’s life. Reduce the benefits showered on poor in America and you reduce the osmosis action that is sucking people across the border that happens when there is a huge disparity of goodies offered by the two governments.