- More healthy growth in sales tax receipts – Curt Olson, Texas Budget Source
- Perry Pins Presidential Race Comeback Hopes on His Texas Tenure – Joshua Green, Bloomberg
Why not? It’s a track record, not a gimmick (like 9-9-9). See above. - Despite woes, Perry camp says he's still the conservative alternative to Romney – Peggy Fikac and Richard Dunham, San Antonio Express-News
- Perry banks on pro-drilling energy plan -Christy Hoppe and Elizabeth Souder, Dallas Morning News
- TX GOP platform madness – Daniel Greer, AgendaWise Reports
- The SREC “Scorecard” Issue – Mark McCaig, Big Jolly Politics
- Republican appeals judge considered switching sides – Sommer Ingram, Trail Blazers Blog
- Houston assistant city attorney 'counseled' over e-mail in support of Houston ISD's Paula Harris – Mike Cronin and Jennifer Peebles, Texas Watchdog
- Bill White Not Impressed by Rick Perry's Performance – Isiah Carey, KRIV 26 News
Texans weren’t impressed with Bill White in the last election, so we suppose the man knows of what he speaks. - McCotter Trailblazes Social Security Prosperity – Peter Ferrara, TAS
Excellent reading for PolitiFarce journos who look to debunk Gov. Perry’s legitimate criticism of the inadequacies of the Social Security funding scheme. - New Myths on Voter ID – Hans von Spakovsky, National Review
Excellent reading for Texas Dems and the Texas lockstep political media alike.