Austin American-Statesman: Texts paint an unsettling picture of Perry
"People who follow Rick Perry over the course of his career might think he was more moderate in the earlier days, when you look at immigration and the Texas Dream Act," said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas, a nonpartisan group promoting good government and fair elections. "When it comes to elections, though, Rick Perry was always out there, always into conspiracy theories and voter fraud narratives."
He noted Perry signed Texas' first voter ID law, a measure so extreme the courts ordered the state to temper it.