[dforest]

Perry probably could gave survived damaging issues had he been aware that he was on the national stage now---that he was not speaking to Texans anymore.

This can be the downside with some Governors running. They know what works in their own state, but are clueless to how the country is as a whole.

[Liz]

On the national stage, Texas talk does not resonate.....voters want presidential talk. But Perry does not have it to give.

Perry apparently has Texans convinced that they can do whatever they want whenever they want because they are Texas and only federal laws that benefit them are the ones they want. . He hogties Texans by appealing to their Big D chauvinism---and reinforces the ego appeal by saying "we can secede whenever we want to." (That frees Perry to conduct all the funny business he wants).

Perrynistas talk out of both sides of their mouth.....controlling immigration is not Texas' responsibility but in-state tuition is a state's rights issue. The more Perry talks about immigration, the deeper he keeps digging his own hole.