If this thing passes it helps Rick Perry.

Rick Perry just doesn't get it,

We had a lot of unforced turnovers. We made bad passes at inopportune times, and they converted off of them.

But believe me, we can win this thing with a big turnout. And Rick Perry knows it. That's what the Jesse Ventura guys are telling us.

Without him and his staff, it is a safe bet that this thing would not have occurred. Rick Perry deserves a phenomenal amount of credit for this project. He got on board early and stayed late.

It's becoming increasingly obvious that Rick Perry just doesn't get it, that he doesn't understand that budgets are moral documents, that there are human costs attached to fiscal decisions,