No spin whatsoever. You missed the point. I made no suggestion that anything had changed constitutionally in Texas.
Because Perry has served so long, he has been able to appoint allies in important positions of power. He has essentially created a cabinet where one does not exist. He runs Texas as if he had a cabinet similar to that of the Executive in D.C., which means he is not ill-equipped to run such a form of government as you suggested.
Executive power means much more than appointees. It also requires being well-informed enough to make a competent executive decision.
Nothing has changed in Texas to alter the reality that the Lt. Governor still has more real political power.
Yep, Perry has made some 6,000 or so appointments over his tenure to the many ruling bodies of Texas. I’d bet that when the governors calls those appointees answer with a ‘yes sir governor’.