Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, was taken to the woodshed by Texas Congressional Democrats in a secret meeting in Washington on Friday:

Members described the meeting as frank and candid, at times testy, though never hostile. They said they reminded Perry, a Republican, that a redistricting plan he helped push through the Texas Legislature had cost their state possible chairmanships of the Agriculture, Homeland Security and Rules committees.

"We told him now that we are in the majority ... we control a lot of money," said Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi.

Uh, well, that's pretty blunt.