Still hammering the Big Government Texan

Instead I’d suggest that Perry is neither a libertarian nor a theocrat. He is, in the end, a traditional big-government conservative. Evidence for this can be seen in his record as Texas Governor, which includes a history of crony capitalism disguised as economic development and, of course, the Gardisil decision. He isn’t necessarily another George W. Bush, at least not domestically, but anyone in the Tea Party who thinks he’s going to lead a revolution to cut the size and scope of the Federal Government is, most likely, kidding themselves. DOUG MATACONIS

I think we misunderstand the Tea Party and their Red State socialist agenda. The Tea Party was formed in rebellion to Pork Busters, not in support of it. The Tea Party secret agenda is restarting the Senate Goodie factory with a huge chunk of debt. This is Bush all over again.