My knee jerk reaction is that this is just Texas swagger to get him some press and his ultimate goal is to run for president in 2012.
Well let your knee jerk all it wants. We still need to take a stand and tell the Feds to go to Hell. Remember, we entered this country by treaty as a sovereign nation, a republic. We must never forget that state of mind.
That's hardly a knee-jerk reaction, considering the way Perry milked the border issue in his last campaign - then as quickly abandoned it once it had served his needs.