FReeper Cincinatus' Wife has been posting up repeatedly, and in the face of correction, that Rick Perry should get credit for leading Texas to a legislative supermajority, as a way of praising his leadership and suggesting, ever so gently, that his leadership mano is so great, and his mojo, his political vig, so totally awesome that it extends to the voting booth in legislative races, permeating the People's legislature with his influence, character, and mighty example.
I was just pointing out, horse apples! The situation is nothing of the sort, and if anything, the voters should be getting all the credit for sending those people to sit in the Lege; but Rick Perry and Joe Straus (the speaker) and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst have been working together day and night to sandbag the will of the People, in favor of that of the Plutocracy that Rick and David work for.
There is no hesitation, second thought, or vacillation on the part of the People about what they want done with respect to the Border and immigration. But Perry and his employers (as opposed to mere constituents, who provide the minor consideration called paychecks and votes) are absolutely determined to keep the Border jammed wide open, with all the attendant ills you describe, together with the ultimate loss of sovereignty over the State, and possibly the United States as well, as the wager.
Well said my friend