[texgal]

I've lived in Texas all my life and have voted for Perry every time. I was invited and attended his first innaguration and have voted for him each time he has run. Not so much because I think he is the ultimate candidate, but because we needed someone better than they other guy. If that dream candidate is not running, then we've got to go with the best we've got, or as some here say - the lesser of two evils.

Texas has done well throughout the years that Perry has been governor. He's made some mistakes, but I believe he will listen. We've got to find a fiscal conservative and frankly if he does do away with the DOE and EPA he's a saint in my eyes. We also need to make sure where he stands on illegal immigration. We need for the federal government to seal the borders, remove the illegals and move us forward and at this point we don't seem to have that in the folks who are currently running.

[itsahoot]

if he does do away with the DOE and EPA he's a saint in my eyes

If the President could abolish these departments on his own, explain why Reagan did not do it. Abolishing DOE, was a campaign promise, as well as the double nickel speed limit, which did abolish.