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As a Texas freeper I will say that I am disappointed that he allowed our current speaker of the house to retain his position for this term.
He is pathetic at best, and a liberal at worst.
He really should have led the house to vote for a legitimate conservative.
The end result is that the session is over and a bunch of really good bills died in the calendars committee.
Campus carry and immigration reform to name a couple.
He got to eat his cake and eat it too.
I called his office and told them he could only redeem himself by calling a special session of the legislature to address both of these items.
I'm not holding my breath.
Since he has avoided such hot button issues I can only assume it is with the mindset that he will run for president.
Now if he could actually win and appoint Palin or Bachmann to the Supreme Court I could live with him.

Since he has avoided such hot button issues I can only assume it is with the mindset that he will run for president.

I actually think it maybe due to him considering Hutchison's seat since she won't be running again. If he wants Hutchison's seat, it's his. I've thought that he would run for her seat, win it, and then use that to round out his resume before moving up to the national level.

I've got a friend who is convinced that Perry is trying to appeal to minorities for future races and support by speaking out against Arizona-style legislation. I don't buy it though. I know that whites only make up 48% of the Texas population these days, but that's not going to matter for several more years. While I think the state GOP could draw in a lot more minorities if it was more conservative, I don't think Perry is going to be involved in Texas politics past the next couple of major elections. My fear is that he'll make the leap to the national level taking a cabinet position that would have influence over transportation.

There are enough Democrats and RINOs in Congress to kick a national super corridor into gear if you got somebody like Perry into a cabinet position or God forbid VP or President.