(We told you this would be a series.)

From ABC News’s The Note:

PERRY ADVISER’S THEORY OF POLITICS: ‘IF SOMEONE HAS A BETTER IDEA, WE STEAL IT.’ In the October issue of Townhall Magazine, Dwayne Horner, a Texas political operative who previously worked on Gov. Perry’s state election campaign, profiles the current frontrunner in a piece titled, “Never Lost a Fight.”  The article features an exclusive interview with Dave Carney, Perry’s chief political strategist . . .

It details Carney’s election theory: “…if someone has a better idea, we steal it. The point of the campaign is to win, not relive the great hoorah . . . “

The hardworking staff thinks he means The Last Hurrah, Edwin O’Connor’s classic 1956 novel.

But with the Rick Perryniks, you never know.