Perry Vs World's Public Library

Alternate, arguably more true headline: Reduced spending (*if* that happens under debt deal) may help US avoid fiscal doomsday.

have we confirmed that he's planning on running in *Texas*?

this should accompany Paul Burka's rant about paying for capital expenditures with borrowing.

The Chron’s Lisa Falkenberg, the columnist local Dems love, put it on Cong. Sheila Jackson Lee today

// She wants to be Maureen Dowd.   

the much smarter version of David Brooks talks Rick Perry.

(although tbh this column was a little disjointed)

Dr. Jones is the best replacement for Stein/Murray ever.

decent, i think he kinda missed why the KBH ad was so effective

did i beat kevin to this?

er, on second thought now that i've read it, this isn't new.  

"Endorsements are one of the most overrated aspects of American politics," said Richard Murray, University of Houston political science professor. "It is very difficult to transfer support to another candidate. By contrast, it is very difficult to overstate the advantage of money."

// OVERRATED

They called him Tom Lippert in the article.  lulz

kinda a cobbling together of various stories, but done well.  

The governor bent a little, giving his blessing to a $3.1 billion draw from the Rainy Day Fund to pay for a past deficit, but he resisted often considerable pressure to take billions more, putting him at odds at times with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a Republican, and powerful G.O.P. senators. Perry won.

// i bet Leppert comes after Dewhurst from the right.

head for the mountains of...busch