Rick Perry indicted on abuse of power

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I don't believe this one will be particularly harmful. The belief that the following prosecutor should resign after her arrest for drunk driving does not seem controversial.

I'll take you one further: this will end up helping Perry. What he did isn't just uncontroversial, it'll be applauded, especially by Republican primary voters. Perry can legitimately claim to be unfairly targeted by liberals for the kind of executive behavior they like. And it all would have gone completely unnoticed but for this indictment. This is the DA's oops.

Yup, I agree. Democrats would do well to stay totally out of this. Criticizing Perry for this could easily backfire. Even Rachel Maddow couldn't really get properly worked up over it last night.

Me too.  When I read what Perry did, I thought "Good for him.  DUI is a crime."  This is hardly 119-years-in-prison material.