The numbers speak for themselves. We are seeing an instant replay of the Republican primary. Another Perry opponent has been unable to find a theme that resonates with the voters. Meanwhile, Perry has found a strange political bedfellow–Anise Parker, White’s successor as mayor–who delivered Perry manna from heaven: the devastating criticism that the city, in “unbusinesslike” fashion, had been spending more than it has taken in “for years.” What a gift for Perry! This is going to stick. There’s no way White can recover from Parker’s throwing him under the bus on a central issue of the campaign: fiscal stewardship. You might as well pencil in four more years of the last ten years. There is only one thing that the Democrats can do to…
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