Whether you like it or not, according to the U.S. Constitution, only the Federal Government, not the State of Texas, has the right to secure the national borders.
Right now, the Real World future possibilities (not the Never-Never Land fantasy daydreams) are:
A.) President Perry
B.) President Romney
C.) President Obama 2.0
See Post 277 and 288.
Not even Ronald Reagan would pass your Politically Holier Than Thou test since Ronald Reagan actually GRANTED amnesty to 3 million illegal aliens.
Nominating an Affirmative Action candidate that satisfies you 100% on Issue A, Issue B and Issue C will get you absolutely nothing but Politically Holier Than Thou bragging rights after you make it possible for Barack Hussein Obama to win reelection in a landslide.
Also, a few years ago, Rick Perry wanted to create a superhighway in the middle of Texas with tolls.
Ummm ... you mean like .... that political firestorm ..... The Florida Turnpike?
Build a superhighway that is better than the clogged up Interstate highways and let the people that actually drive on it, instead of the overburdened taxpayers, pay for it?
Oh! The horror!
Are you serious?
The Florida Turnpike has been in existence since 1957 and I have never, ever, heard a single Floridian of any political flavor whatsoever try to make a political issue of it, one way or the other.
Now that I live in Washington State instead of Florida, it has never occurred to anybody here, Republican or Democrat or Independent, to make a political issue of the fact that the people who actually use the Washington State Ferries are actually required to pay a toll to get on.
You really need to get back to the Planet Earth and start thing, REALISTICALLY, how we can avoid President Obama 2.0.
Hint: "Politically Holier Than Thou Affirmative Action candidate doomed to an electoral defeat of Biblical proportions" is not the correct answer.
I am not your problem I plan to vote for the nominee, even if it isn’t the one I prefer. :)