TEXAS: Attorney General Greg Abbott Kicks Off Gubernatorial Bid

Over the weekend anti-gay Texas Attorney General officially kicked off his bid to succeed Gov. Rick Perry.

Hundreds of sweaty supporters in Plaza Juarez near the famous River Walk cheered while trying desperately to cut the heat with yellow-and-blue paper fans bearing Abbott's name over the words "Fast cars, firearms and freedom - it's a Texas thing." "With the money, the name ID, the political structure of the state right now, it's beautiful for Greg Abbott," said Bill Miller, a longtime GOP political consultant based in Austin. "It's absolutely his race to lose."

Abbott has sued the Obama administration 27 times during his tenure.

RELATED: The above-linked article notes that Abbott was partially paralyzed in 1984 when a tree splintered at its base and struck him in the back. Abbott then won millions in a lawsuit against the homeowner and has since become an advocate for limiting the amount that can be won in very type of civil suits that he filed. Republicanism, in a nutshell.