New in The Texas Tribune:

• "The Perry campaign's latest attack ad labels Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as 'political insiders.' Both are running ahead of the Texas governor in most polls." — Video: Latest Perry Ad Targets Romney, Gingrich

• "The magazine was reluctant to confer its 'lowest honor' on the Texas governor until his now-infamous brain freeze. 'In that moment,' editor Jake Silverstein writes, 'all our resistance melted away.'" — Perry is Texas Monthly's Bum Steer of the Year

• "When will the elections be held? Sometime next year. The dates for the congressional and legislative elections won't be certain ...

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