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« Reply #25 on: December 06, 2013, 06:59:25 PM »


lol. Didn't know he was such a Dewhurst fan. This has to be red meat more than actual conviction, because the cognitive dissonance is remarkable.
This is actually a pretty popular idea on some of the fringes of the right.
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« Reply #26 on: December 06, 2013, 07:16:07 PM »


lol. Didn't know he was such a Dewhurst fan. This has to be red meat more than actual conviction, because the cognitive dissonance is remarkable.
This is actually a pretty popular idea on some of the fringes of the right.

Mike Lee also supports it. It seems to be a specific "fringest of the Tea Partiers" thing.
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« Reply #27 on: December 06, 2013, 07:47:14 PM »

Right, and at least in Cruz's case, he would never have been named Senator by the state legislature. Especially when Good-Ol-Boy-approved Dewhurst was salivating so openly after it.
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« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2013, 08:40:53 PM »


lol. Didn't know he was such a Dewhurst fan. This has to be red meat more than actual conviction, because the cognitive dissonance is remarkable.
This is actually a pretty popular idea on some of the fringes of the right.

Mike Lee also supports it. It seems to be a specific "fringest of the Tea Partiers" thing.
Besides the basic political gain of repealing that amendment (the GOP could pick up quite a few Senate seats), I don't see why so many grassroots populist Tea Party activists support it. I would assume they would call any Democratic attempt to repeal the same amendment a "powergrab" by "the elites."
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« Reply #29 on: December 06, 2013, 08:57:42 PM »
« Edited: December 06, 2013, 09:04:07 PM by badgate »

Dallas Morning News - Ag Commissioner Hopeful Sid Miller Accused of Mishandling Horses
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20131205-agriculture-commissioner-hopeful-sid-miller-accused-of-mishandling-horses.ece




Save a horse, vote for Kinky Wink


Also, a Tea Party plant (not really, but maybe?) has entered the Democratic primary for US Senate: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/12/anti-obama-democrat-kesha-rogers-files-for-u-s-senate.html/
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« Reply #30 on: December 06, 2013, 09:27:48 PM »


lol. Didn't know he was such a Dewhurst fan. This has to be red meat more than actual conviction, because the cognitive dissonance is remarkable.
This is actually a pretty popular idea on some of the fringes of the right.

Mike Lee also supports it. It seems to be a specific "fringest of the Tea Partiers" thing.
Besides the basic political gain of repealing that amendment (the GOP could pick up quite a few Senate seats), I don't see why so many grassroots populist Tea Party activists support it. I would assume they would call any Democratic attempt to repeal the same amendment a "powergrab" by "the elites."

The same people usually heavily support partisan elections for state and local judges, on the grounds that it allows the voters to "hold activist judges accountable." This despite the fact that the judiciary was never intended to be a "popular" institution of government the way the executive and legislative branches were.
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« Reply #31 on: December 09, 2013, 07:22:14 PM »

Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Lawrence Miller has switched parties. The Democrats now have their first statewide official in the state since 1998.
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« Reply #32 on: December 09, 2013, 08:32:25 PM »

Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Lawrence Miller has switched parties. The Democrats now have their first statewide official in the state since 1998.

Do you have a link? Googled his name and nothing came up about this.
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« Reply #33 on: December 09, 2013, 08:33:17 PM »

Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Lawrence Miller has switched parties. The Democrats now have their first statewide official in the state since 1998.

Do you have a link? Googled his name and nothing came up about this.

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14488/breaking-judge-lawrence-meyers-of-the-statewide-court-of-criminal-appeals-joins-democratic-party

Burnt Orange Report post + the TX Dem Party's official statement.
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« Reply #34 on: December 09, 2013, 09:09:22 PM »

Court of Criminal Appeals Justice Lawrence Miller has switched parties. The Democrats now have their first statewide official in the state since 1998.

Do you have a link? Googled his name and nothing came up about this.

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14488/breaking-judge-lawrence-meyers-of-the-statewide-court-of-criminal-appeals-joins-democratic-party

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Something seems odd about this. What would have stopped him from simply running as a Republican in the special election? Running as a Democrat in Texas is already an uphill battle, but doing so in a far down-ballot race where most people aren't going to bother "crossing over" like they might for governor or Senator makes no sense.
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« Reply #35 on: December 11, 2013, 03:38:16 PM »

Dewhurst still shell-shocked at losing the 2012 US Senate race to Cruz and he's never gotten over it either.

The 2013 legislative session was bad enough for him due to the Davis filibuster.
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« Reply #36 on: December 13, 2013, 04:25:44 AM »
« Edited: December 13, 2013, 04:27:28 AM by du Pont '88: Hope for America »

4 out of 4 Republican lieutenant governor candidates want creationism taught in public schools.

Shameful.

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In other words, what should be done? Absolutely nothing.
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« Reply #37 on: December 13, 2013, 02:37:14 PM »


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« Reply #38 on: December 19, 2013, 12:48:32 AM »

So, the candidate filing deadline is officially over. (was 9 days ago, but whatever). Here's what I got. For the Repubs:

Governor


1. Greg Abbott
2. Larry (SECEDE) Kilgore
3. Miriam Martinez
4. Lisa Fritsch

Lt. Governor


1. David Dewhurst (I)
2. Dan Patrick
3. Jerry Patterson
4. Todd Staples

Attorney General


1. Barry Smitherman
2. Dan Branch
3. Ken Paxton

Comptroller of Public Accounts (down ballot)

1. Glenn Hegar
2. Harvey Hilderbran
3. Debra Medina
4. Raul Torres

Land Commissioner


1. George P. Bush
2. David Watts

Agriculture Commissioner

1. J. Allen Carnes
2. Tommy Merritt
3. Eric Opiela
4. Sid Miller
5. Joe Cotton

Railroad Commissioner

1. Becky Berger
2. Malachi Boyuls
3. Wayne Christian
4. Ryan Sitton

Now the democrats, this list is shorter.

Governor

1. Wendy Davis
2. Ray Madrigal

Lt. Governor

1. Leticia Van de Putte

Attorney General

1. Sam Houston

Comptroller of Public Accounts

1. Mike Collier

Land Commissioner

1. John Cook

Agriculture Commissioner

1. Richard Friedman
2. Jim Hogan
3. Hugh Asa Fitzsimons

Railroad Commissioner


1. Steve Brown
2. Dale Henry

Do I have this right? I want to make sure because I just made a spreadsheet out of this and plan on following these races closely.
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« Reply #39 on: December 19, 2013, 01:57:49 AM »

TX Dems need to pick which of the non-Kinky candidates we want for Ag Commis, or else the vote could split and stick us with Kinky
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« Reply #40 on: December 19, 2013, 01:36:26 PM »

I don't know who Ray Madrigal is or what his deal is. My only guess is that he's a South Texas Eddie Lucio-style Democrat who is vehemently anti-abortion and is opposing Davis for that reason.
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« Reply #41 on: December 20, 2013, 01:13:57 AM »

I am torn between voting in the D or the R primary. On the one hand I will gladly vote against Davis in her primary, and vote for Kinky Friedman, on the other I still want to vote in the GOP Senate primary. Hmmm, decisions decisions.... 
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« Reply #42 on: December 20, 2013, 02:00:24 PM »

On Meyers joining the Dems:

I was pretty shocked he did this at the last minute, but this is pure Charlie Crist-esque considering that Meyers is running for the TX Supreme Court in 2014, a race he'll lose for sure and I don't see him seeking reelection to his current gig in the Court of Criminal Appeals when his current term ends in 2016.

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« Reply #43 on: December 30, 2013, 07:04:23 PM »

Republicans have begun striking Wendy Davis on a lawsuit she filed against the Ft. Worth Star Telegram after a failed city council run in 1994 (or '96).


In the rare Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express News pieces that can be read by non-paying subscribers,

Republicans say Wendy Davis libel suit says much about her
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Davis's response when asked about this last fall, from the Houston Chronicle piece:
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Other Reads
Texas Tribune: Texas Democrats, a Habit of Losing Big Elections
Texas Tribune: Highways are Talking Point as Candidates Take to Road
Dallas Morning News: Wendy Davis Calls on Payday Lender to Leave State Post



That last gem was buried three pages into their website, next to this HILARIOUS headline:
"Poll: George W. Bush, Ted Cruz Among Men Most Admired by Americans
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/12/poll-george-w-bush-ted-cruz-among-men-most-admired-by-americans.html/
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« Reply #44 on: December 30, 2013, 09:28:08 PM »

Dallas newspaper on the good things and bad things for Leticia Van de Putte's name

Basically saying that she needs to present herself as a hispanic in South Texas and hispanic majority/plurality areas, while not bringing her race up in white areas.
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« Reply #45 on: December 30, 2013, 11:11:35 PM »

Dallas newspaper on the good things and bad things for Leticia Van de Putte's name

Basically saying that she needs to present herself as a hispanic in South Texas and hispanic majority/plurality areas, while not bringing her race up in white areas.

Surprised she didn't just keep her maiden name, or at least use it when she got into politics. The Hispanic surname effect is strong enough in the "brown" parts of Texas that State Rep. Trey Fischer styles himself as State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (his mother is a Latina).
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« Reply #46 on: December 31, 2013, 12:08:37 AM »

That "professor" is out of her mind.
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« Reply #47 on: January 05, 2014, 09:31:43 AM »

What did you expect? Davis's skeletons are coming out and Abbott & Co., are going to have a field day
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« Reply #48 on: January 07, 2014, 05:14:20 PM »
« Edited: January 07, 2014, 05:24:19 PM by badgate »

Davis has been hitting Abbott hard on Pay Day Lenders, and she seems to have some great material to back her attack up. Hopefully her campaign can avoid any more stupid mistakes like the one they made calculating donations from the TEC website. Here is a timeline of the issue so far:

Dec 30 Dallas Morning News Wendy Davis calls on Payday Lender to leave State Post
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/12/wendy-davis-calls-on-payday-lender-to-leave-state-post.html/
Davis calls on White to resign his state post after he revealed in an El Paso Times interview that he also works for a large Payday Lender, basically saying he has a huge conflict of interest.

Jan 2 Dallas Morning News Greg Abbott Goes to Bat for Campaign Contributor Targeted by Wendy Davis
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/01/greg-abbott-goes-to-bat-for-campaign-contributor-targeted-by-wendy-davis.html/
Greg Abbott defends White, draws attention to the fact that White is a contributor of his (which Davis had yet to bring up), and feebly tries to criticize Davis for voting to confirm White.

Jan 3 San Antonio Express News Davis Campaign Launches Payday Attack on Abbott with Fuzzy Math
http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/01/davis-campaign-launches-payday-attack-on-abbott-with-fuzzy-math/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
SA Express writes story highlighting the small mistake the Davis camp made on the TEC website.

Jan 4 El Paso Times Texas Sen. Wendy Davis: Greg Abbott took nearly $191K from payday lenders
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_24843872/wendy-davis-story
Davis highlights the tons of cash Abbott has taken from the Payday Lending industry. This article also included the originally higher number (miscalculated due to a glitchy government website), but the El Paso Times fixed the numbers without a big to-do.

Jan 6 San Antonio Express News Davis Campaign has "oops" Moment on Payday Lending
http://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/peggy_fikac/article/Davis-campaign-has-oops-moment-on-payday-lending-5116045.php
SA Express wasn't sure if you knew about the small mistake, so they wrote another article about it.

Jan 6 Dallas Morning News Wendy Davis: GOP rival Greg Abbott helped payday loan industry collect high fees from borrowers
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/01/wendy-davis-gop-rival-greg-abbott-helped-payday-loan-industry-collect-high-fees-from-borrowers.html/

Jan 7 El Paso Times Sen. Wendy Davis: Attorney General Greg Abbott at fault for payday-lending uptick
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_24856669/sen-wendy-davis-says-attorney-general-greg-abbott
Davis is now highlighting a 2006 letter by Attorney General Abbott where he gave lenders the green light to gouge consumers.

Davis has also (today, Jan 7) released a letter to Gov. Perry calling on him to remove White.
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist10/pr14/p20140107a.pdf


All in all I think this is playing out well for Davis; the website mistake is embarrassing but won't matter to 99% of people. Davis is developing a strong and multi-faceted line of attack on this issue, an issue Abbott has avoided talking about for weeks now. He obviously isn't sure what to say to toe the line between not being a greedy plutocrat and not pissing off the people that gave him his $19 million war chest.


Stay tuned this or next week for fundraising numbers. I believe the last day to report is Jan 15.
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« Reply #49 on: January 07, 2014, 11:25:28 PM »

Fort Worth Star Telegram sheds some much needed light in the craziness going on in one State Board of Education race.

State Board of Education forum turns into Monday night mayhem
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 07, 2014

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/01/07/5468007/state-board-of-education-forum.html?storylink=addthis#.Usy-8vXm-is.twitter&rh=1#storylink=cpy
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