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Even though he didn't get a majority for re-election last year, Gov. Rick Perry's 39 percent was ahead of everybody else. And so he's now in a term that lasts into 2011. In the eyes of some of his detractors in the blogosphere, that's too long. Political activist Linda Curtis has started a website calling on legislators in 2009 to impeach the governor (www.impeachperry.indytexans.org/). That's a pretty rash idea. But since Texas doesn't allow for recall elections, like the one that nailed California Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, Texans' only way to toss Perry out before the 2010 election...

Young: The Three Redistricteers By John Young, Opinion page editor Recently on a Dallas radio talk show, Gov. Rick Perry acknowledged the turmoil over the three special sessions he has called to redraw congressional lines. Sure, it's been divisive and costly. But once it happens, he said, Texans will forget all about it. It's interesting that Perry has spent the last three months trying to bring about something he wants voters to forget. Look into his eyes. You are getting sleepy. You'd think a leader would want to do things that people would remember as good for the commonwealth. But...