Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
James Bernson, who was Hutchison's campaign press secretary in 2006, says in a recent online column that, via his Tea Party appearances and secession remarks, "Perry has seized the momentum and is on fire with a large section of the Republican Party base, not just in Texas, but nationally. And it will be the wing of the party most important in the primary."
Perhaps joining the nullification, neo-secessionist crowd plays well with the extremist base.
Maybe it can help you win a primary.
But GOPers are fools if they think the insertion of neo-secessionism into the conservative mainstream will be good for their party. If neo-secessionists get their way, state governments could pick and choose which federal laws to nullify or support -- and that is no different than dissolving the Union.
Outside of the most extreme right-wing circles, nobody wants that. Any party that supports the dissolution of the United States of America is pretty much DOA as a political entity.
It's remarkable that more Republicans don't understand this.