[af_vet_rr]

Right on. I find it funny that people dislike Perry. Texas is about to become the largest economy in the U.S., which by the way makes the Texas economy bigger than probably 90% of entire countries on the planet. Unemployment is comparatively lower than other states. There is no state income tax, granted this is by no reason of Perry’s,

None of the above has anything to do with Perry, but it still gets trotted out as if it does. The industries that are the backbone of Texas' economic health were around long before Perry was born or anywhere near a public office.

I can’t say it was a great idea, but it’s not like Perry is out there trying to continually defend it like Romney does with his commy-care law.

Perry spent nearly eight years defending his corridor and it's just now being formally killed off. I don't think Romney spent eight years defending romneycare.

[jsdjason]

Of course he’s not responsible for building an economy, no politician is. A politician should merely stay out of the way so that business can grow. So bottom-line, Perry managed not to screw up Texas’ economy with stupid laws. Whoever is elected President I would like the following: kill taxes, kill regulation, pave some roads, keep a strong defense and get the hell out of the way. As far as I can tell the tax and regulation burdens in Texas are far less burdensome than most other states. Does Perry get no credit for the business environment in Texas or he is just a worthless piece of slime?

I’m no expert, but I thought Perry admitted defeat long before this. Whatever the case, Romney has defended Romneycare for a while now. He hasn’t been Governor of Massachusetts for a few years.

[RobbyS]

You may like the idea of being sealed off from Mexico, but the fact is that a lot of trade comes from there. The object of the corrider was, ultimately, to gain a Pacific Coast port for Texas. It would also make the DFW area a major, major rail center.