I had trepidation about the TTC as well but eminent domain for roads is hardly socialism.
I fact that is one of the things the founders said it was for.
Kelo Vs New London was nothing of the kind.
You know, if it had been only roads, it would have gone through.
When they included grabbing the corners at off ramps so they could own the land where gas stations sat, and when they added a big enough plot of land at the I10 intersection for an industrial park ... all land to be seized below market price through eminent domain I became part of the anti TTC reaction.
When the part about trucks and trains being inspected at ports in Mexico, and hen just waved through at the US border more people became involves, and the TTC struck an iceberg.
When it was revealed that there was also an agreement not to widen I35 no matter how bad we might need to do so as that would compete with the toll road, the slimy garbage barge TTC sank to the bottom.
Even after that, Texas DOT tried to resurect it until the legislature realized how toxic it had become.
It is not a bad thing if it reveals how bad a candidate Perry is. Some things deserve not to be forgiven, and this was one of them.