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Gail collins, really a lot of fun in many ways. and let's look at an excerpt as well. and then we'll move on. the subtitle of the book, "how the lone star state hijacked the american agenda." policy works have always described texas as low tax, low service. while the state leaders like to brag about the first part, they don't generally broadcast the rest. there are no signs announcing, welcome to texas. you won't pay much, and you'll get what you pay for. but it's hardly a secret. uh-oh. all right. keep going. tell us about the book. >> you know, this all started when i was listening to the fa...

Sunshine. >> yeah. we're looking ok, starting to turn the corner in the northeast after a very chilly start to the month of june. now we'll start warming things up a little bit, feeling in are like summer. getting some of that humidity back in the air. as far as travel trouble this morning, i-4 down in florida, not going to be an easy drive. heavy rain and thunderstorms around sarasota, sneaking up towards tampa. those will drift towards orlando through the morning. we had big thunderstorms around the dallas ft. worth area. those storms have now pushed to the south. and probably the worst weat...

Was her interview on the "today" show the next morning, referred to crony capitalism. she introduced an issue that into the political mainstream political dialogue that has plagued perry and swirled around perry during each of his most recent gubernatorial campaigns. this is a charge that democrats have brought against him time and time again. they've tried to get traction on it, but you know, there is, to some extent, in texas and in many southern states, this whole pay-to-play culture. and so it's not a completely new allegation. the question with perry is, how far did he take it? does it go...

Would they say okay to that? >> well, look, it's certainly an issue that, you know, taps into public revulsion with the way government does business. >> how can you do business when you've been selling government? >> look, you're writing ads for the democratic national committee if perry becomes the nominee, with lines like that. >> it's a great way to make money. >> but there are some pretty eye-popping examples. and we picked out three, but there's like dozens of more. and i'm sure wayne can talk to them, because they've been amply reported in the texas press. you have no limits on contribut...

Nearly $1 million in tax rebates for his company through an economic development board grant. well, there you have it. it looks to me like there's a pattern. we've seen this in cities in this country, a lot of big cities play this game. you give money to the politicians, you get what you want. developers do it, it's crooked as hell. but when you're running for president, can you defend it? and is this going to be a part of this guy's problems. >> one of the things that happened during the debate which was interesting is when michele bachmann, and actually, maybe it was her interview on the "to...