Why Texas Could Probably Secede

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
By Paul Martin

Bob Smiley, The Daily Caller
BusinessInsider.com
Nov. 13, 2012

When Thomas Dunne published “Don’t Mess With Travis” in May — my comedic political novel about a freewheeling Texas governor who becomes fed up with a Constitution-stomping president and decides to secede — I knew I had landed on something relevant. I didn’t know it was this relevant.

As of this writing, the Texas petition to peacefully “withdraw” from the United States via the White House’s open petition webpage is up to 62,481 signatures, on its way to tripling the required names needed to trigger a response from the Obama administration.

No doubt Texas’ desire to break free is a source of amusement inside a White House that has mastered the art of belittling the opinions of its challengers, but there is one not-so-small problem here: Texas could pull it off.

Here’s why:

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