Late yesterday the news broke that the presidential campaign of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has stopped paying its staff due to a lack of fundraising success. National Journal reports:

Rick Perry’s Financial Implosion

Barely 60 days after declaring that he’d run for president, Rick Perry faces a financial crisis that threatens to short-circuit his comeback candidacy months before the election begins.

The longest-serving governor in Texas history is so cash poor that his presidential campaign has stopped paying its own advisers. National …