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Today is off to a little better start.

Perry (TX), with his Bush-like mannerisms kicked off the day with a demand for securing our borders. He suggested that if Americans were not going to take national security seriously, they should just "bring 'em in by tour bus" making an announcement as they step off the bus: "You are free to move around the country".

Perry offered some good one liners:

"The path of principle is long and dusty and all too often the less travelled road."

and

"Let the conservative revolution begin!"

Is Perry a conservative? For the most part, yes, but he is not on the issue of the largest middle class welfare scheme: Public Education. He was honest that he thinks teacher's salaries should be increased, based on merit of course, but increased nevertheless. He supports vouchers and charter schools, but recognizes that just throwing money at schools will not improve educational standards.

Michael Barrone, John Gizzi and Dick Wadhams were in an election results analysis panel immediately after. They are a wealth of knowledge, but cautioned that the media loves to push "trend predictions" when it works in their favor. History tells us nothing about today, John Gizzi cautioned.

They all agreed that a failure to generate conservative voter turnout would result in two years or more of Nancy Pelosi representing America as Speaker. (A collective wretching was heard across the audience floor.)

Funny moment: ACU (operating at their new level of incompetence) mixed up all the name tent cards until, after 20 minutes an audience member stepped over the rope and let Gizzi be Gizzi, not Barone; Barone be Barone not Wadhams, and so on.)