Texas Tea Party Leader, Version 3.0
By title and longevity, Gov. Rick Perry is the top dog among Texas Republicans. He might even be a national candidate again. But for now, he is a lame duck.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz leapfrogged the state’s senior senator, John Cornyn, and is by most accounts — and by the clamor for his endorsement — the most popular Republican in the state. But he is not on the ballot.
The prominent Texas name at the moment is Dan Patrick, a Houston state senator relatively unknown outside his home base until the current primary elections. Now he has more momentum than anyone, and he could be the Republicans’ next big thing.
Perry caught on to the Tea Party movement early and rode the wave to re-election in 2010 and into what turned out to be a notoriously unsuccessful run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
More at http://www.texastribune.org/2014/03/17/texas-tea-party-leader-version-30/ .
