A slightly off balance...

[usta in Portland]

but reasonable snapshot (considering the source) of the economic situation in the Texas job machine. If there are counter facts to the ones presented here I have not seen them anywhere. It does look like Texas is a job grower but the reasons for that are not as monolithic as Perry claims by any means. The article also points out, contrary to some other issues raised in here in the past few days, that the energy business is in fine fettle, in Texas anyhow.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...fits-from-it/2011/08/18/gIQAPPZQSJ_story.html