is “all truth with malice in it.” Perhaps in swimming away Perry has spared us, but it feels like he’s stealing our last chance to beat him. Whether with Wendy Davis or the Castro twins, Texas Democrats will come back, but we will never be as united as when we had Rick Perry to drive us all mad together.

Jason Stanford is a Democratic consultant, author, and nationally syndicated columnist. He blogs at jasonstanford.org and tweets @JasStanford.