News Round Up: Water and Politics

But King wasn’t willing to let the would-be presidential nominee off the hook. "I do have one problem with his statement," King said. "He has admitted to eating road-kill, and knowing what it tastes like. How can this person possibly judge any food?" LA Times: Pork chopped - Perry takes heat for barbecue blast

The Texas Tribune | By Kate Galbraith - Sept. 27 Draft Water Plan says Texas "will not have enough" – "The primary message of the 2012 state water plan is a simple one," the introduction states. "In serious drought conditions, Texas does not and will not have enough water to meet the needs of its people, and its businesses, and its agricultural enterprises."

Houston Chronicle | The Factchecker By Nolan Hicks - Sept. 27, 2011 Forget the rhetoric, Texas gets significant help from Washington – You wouldn’t know it from all the anti-federal government rhetoric that pervaded the 2010 election, the recently concluded Legislative session, or Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign, but Texas received almost $44 billion in direct federal aid to state and local governments in 2010, according to figures released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, making it the single largest funding stream for state government.

New York Times | By Mimi Swartz - Sept. 28 A Crisis of Confidence Deep in the Heart of Texas – One influential Houston Republican explained to me that the country-club set “thinks Perry is a great guy, but as far as having the intelligence to lead the country, there’s just no way.” That’s why many other Republicans down here find Mitt Romney to be a better bet than another cowboy-booted, g-droppin’ governor. But given Perry’s reputation for vindictiveness, these Republican apostates are still most comfortable criticizing him from the shadows. As the same Houston power broker said of a recent Romney fund-raising event, “I had someone else pay for me to go, because I didn’t want people to know I was there.”

Finally, a video from the Texas Democratic Party that has already received 44,700 views. Laugh or cry, just don't get mad . . .