An equal number of Republicans think Texas would be better off as its own country as think it would be better off as part of the United States.
Forty-eight percent of Republicans said they favor secession, the same percentage that said they didn’t in a Research 2000/DailyKos poll released Thursday.
More, a majority of Republicans – 51 percent – approve of Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) recent comments that suggested Texas may need to leave the United States; 44 percent of Republicans disapproved of the remark.
Um, wow. Even as a Texan I find this shocking.
OK, it is worth noting that only 234 Republicans were surveyed in the poll. Somehow I don’t find that very comforting, though.