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Can't take a hint: Shanda Perkins back for Round Two

I'd seen this article in her hometown paper declaring Shanda Perkins, who the Texas Senate recently rejected by a 27-4 margin for a $95K per year slot on the Board of Pardons and Parole, thought there was still a chance for her nomination to get through this session, but it seemed like piling on to make too much of it. Yesterday, though, the Austin Statesman's Mike Ward reported that Ms. Perkins was meeting with senators in the capitol seeking to switch enough votes (she's 17 short) to resurrect her nomination in the 81st Legislature's waning days.Asked about the chances of reviving her candidacy, Nominations Chair Mike Jackson told Ward, ?What was the vote, 24-7? [Ed note: 27-4, actually.] She?s got a lot of work to do, I?d say.? Indeed she does, and not a lot of time left to do it in...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).