| Hours before Perry dropped out, the media acquired Texas Democrats' Rick Perry opposition book.
The massive, 500-page book was originally compiled for Bill White's gubernatorial campaign by consultant group Link Strategies.
In it are the shameful details of every scandal Perry has been involved in - sweetened land deals, giving state grants to companies owned by major donors, appointing unqualified friends to state positions, and the list goes on.
You can read the entire oppo book here.
Rarely in recent history has a candidate had as extensive a history of corruption as Rick Perry did. To give some context, John McCain's campaign compiled an oppo book on Mitt Romney that clocked in at 200 pages.
Perry had myriad other reasons to drop out of the race today, but the prospect of the media digging through this book must have been another daunting feature on the horizon.
Perry managed to knock himself out of the race even without this book being discovered. His shameful record, approach to politics, and unpreparedness did him in.
Nonetheless, the book is worth looking through as the best, most accurate document of Rick Perry's governorship.
Disclosure: during the 2010 gubernatorial election, I worked as the Communications Coordinator of the Bill White campaign.
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