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I am certainly proud of Governor Abbott. A convention of the states is the only option that we have left at this point. Electing a conservative president, while very important, can do little to stop this behemoth of a federal government. Many of my friends worry that we will have a runaway convention, but the truth is that there is a constitutional convention going on right now, every time the Supreme Court meets. The Court has determined that there is a Constitutional right to abortion, and to gay marriage. If we get one more liberal justice on the Court they will decide that the 2nd amendment does not actually mean what it says. This was never the intention of our framers, to have so much power in the hands of so few.

Today we live in a post constitutional era. Instead of Congress writing law, they spend most of their time stuck in a quagmire, while we are subject to thousands of laws being written by the bureaucracy of government departments and the judiciary who are not accountable to the people. The only thing both parties can agree on is more spending which the taxpayer is on the hook for (the nation is bankrupt by the way).

The purpose of a convention of states, is not to "change" the Constitution, but to shift power away from the Federal Government, the bureaucracy and the courts, and put it in the hands of the states and local governments which are more directly accountable to their local voters. This should be a bi-partisan issue, but the power brokers of both parties are going to fight. If you have any doubts about the value of a convention, just look how angry liberals get over the notion. The only reason anyone, liberal or conservative, should be against a convention at this point is because they believe in the value of a big, centralized government.

I think that We the People are going to win on this. I would strongly recommend that anyone interested in this movement read "The Liberty Amendments" by Mark Levin. It lays out a powerful argument for the convention.