TX: Davis trails by 8 in internal

[Miles]

Article.

Abbott (R)- 46%
Davis (D)- 38%

[Maxwell]

Lol

Wendy Davis, the savior of the Texas Democratic Party, bullsh*t

They would've been better served by running Bill White again.

[IceSpear]

Wendy Davis, the savior of the Texas Democratic Party, bullsh*t

Did anyone ever actually think this? Most people knew from the start there's no way Davis could win. Her purpose was to motivate the Democratic base in the state for future endeavors as opposed to throwing up a some dude and laying down and dying.

[ElectionsGuy]

Wendy Davis, the savior of the Texas Democratic Party, bullsh*t

Did anyone ever actually think this? Most people knew from the start there's no way Davis could win. Her purpose was to motivate the Democratic base in the state for future endeavors as opposed to throwing up a some dude and laying down and dying.

After she made the filibuster, liberal blogs were getting fired up about a blue texas, and MSNBC had a crush on her.

[SWE]

Let's nominate a candidate best known for being pro-choice in Texas!

LOGIC

[DrScholl]

Look at it like this, even if she doesn't have a chance, she is more competent and intelligent that any challengers Republicans have put up in blue states.

[KCDem]

Look at it like this, even if she doesn't have a chance, she is more competent and intelligent that any challengers Republicans have put up in blue states.

Ummm....no. Rauner and Foley come to mind, though they are doing well because of their opponents' unpopularity.

Davis will lose by a Bill White margin which is par for the course in Texas.

[pendragon]

Look at it like this, even if she doesn't have a chance, she is more competent and intelligent that any challengers Republicans have put up in blue states.

Um, Charlie Baker, Neel Kashkari, Bruce Rauner and Tom Foley all come to mind as extremely intelligent and competent (at least in their non-political careers) GOP challengers for governor in blue states. And at the way things are going, even Kashkari might end up getting a higher vote percentage than Davis.

[Adam Griffin]

Nobody with a grain of sense ever expected Wendy Davis to win. They expected her to overperform for a Texas Democrat - something she very well may still do - and to energize the base for future elections. The talk of a Blue Texas by most blogs and journalists was talk of a future Blue Texas, based on demographics, but not something that anybody sensible expected to happen in 2014 (or 2018, or even 2022).

[DrScholl]

Look at it like this, even if she doesn't have a chance, she is more competent and intelligent that any challengers Republicans have put up in blue states.

Ummm....no. Rauner and Foley come to mind, though they are doing well because of their opponents' unpopularity.

Davis will lose by a Bill White margin which is par for the course in Texas.

Rauner talked about eliminated the minimum wage, not a smart thing to say in a state like Illinois. Foley lost in a banner Republican year, and there is no guarantee he'll win year.

[DrScholl]

Look at it like this, even if she doesn't have a chance, she is more competent and intelligent that any challengers Republicans have put up in blue states.

Um, Charlie Baker, Neel Kashkari, Bruce Rauner and Tom Foley all come to mind as extremely intelligent and competent (at least in their non-political careers) GOP challengers for governor in blue states. And at the way things are going, even Kashkari might end up getting a higher vote percentage than Davis.

Charlie Baker is yet another Republican who lost in a banner GOP year, and Neel Kashkari's campaign is going nowhere. That homeless stunt he pulled was embarrassing.

[pendragon]

Look at it like this, even if she doesn't have a chance, she is more competent and intelligent that any challengers Republicans have put up in blue states.

Um, Charlie Baker, Neel Kashkari, Bruce Rauner and Tom Foley all come to mind as extremely intelligent and competent (at least in their non-political careers) GOP challengers for governor in blue states. And at the way things are going, even Kashkari might end up getting a higher vote percentage than Davis.

Charlie Baker is yet another Republican who lost in a banner GOP year, and Neel Kashkari's campaign is going nowhere. That homeless stunt he pulled was embarrassing.

With the notable Scott Brown exception, 2010 wasn't a banner Republican year in Massachusetts; Democrats won every statewide office, including joke candidate Suzanne Bump (who isn't a CPA, was delinquent on her taxes, and had a convicted murderer on her campaign staff) winning the Auditor race against actually-qualified GOP candidate Mary Z. Connaughton (who received every newspaper endorsement; she's also the aunt of fellow forumite Nathan). Bump, btw, is a conservative Democrat who has spent most of her time in office investigating welfare fraud, so there's no need to hackishly celebrate her victory.

That said, Charlie Baker ran a pretty terrible campaign. (His ads could accurately be paraphrased as "I'm Charlie Baker, and I was a health insurance CEO! Vote for me!").

Anyway, my point was that Baker/Kashkari are intelligent (obviously - they may be in the top 50 smartest people ever to run for Governor of any state), and very competent at their Harvard Pilgrim Health Care/Treasury Dept. jobs.

I also think that Kashkari has a shot to do better than Davis because, fool's errand though it might be, he is making a good faith effort to win, whereas Davis has basically been promoting her upcoming talk show from the beginning.

[IceSpear]

Wendy Davis, the savior of the Texas Democratic Party, bullsh*t

Did anyone ever actually think this? Most people knew from the start there's no way Davis could win. Her purpose was to motivate the Democratic base in the state for future endeavors as opposed to throwing up a some dude and laying down and dying.

After she made the filibuster, liberal blogs were getting fired up about a blue texas, and MSNBC had a crush on her.

Well, I'm sure some liberal blogs actually thought Davis could win, and they were obviously dumbs. But the overwhelming sentiment I saw during the Wendy Davis saga was to have her run to enthuse the base and start turning the Texas Democrats into a legitimate opposition as opposed to a rotting corpse where candidates like Kesha Rogers actually win nominations.

[Reginald]

Let's nominate a candidate best known for being pro-choice in Texas!

LOGIC

lol, so what, nominate Boring Old White Guy again? No Democratic candidate was going to win this race, period. Might as well get some of that sweet national donation money for a change.

[King]

No Democrat could win this race, folks. If Rick Perry could win 3 terms, any Republican can.

[njwes]

Did anyone ever actually think this? Most people knew from the start there's no way Davis could win. Her purpose was to motivate the Democratic base in the state for future endeavors as opposed to throwing up a some dude and laying down and dying.

Among the Huff Po/Buzzfeed/Jezebel ~feminists~ and liberals, who are legion, talk of her winning and turning Texas blue was very widespread early on.

But now they've pretty much forgotten about her.

[Fuzzybigfoot]

No Democrat could win this race, folks. If Rick Perry could win 3 terms, any Republican can.

[Free Bird]

Wendy Davis, the savior of the Texas Democratic Party, bullsh*t

Did anyone ever actually think this? Most people knew from the start there's no way Davis could win. Her purpose was to motivate the Democratic base in the state for future endeavors as opposed to throwing up a some dude and laying down and dying.

After she made the filibuster, liberal blogs were getting fired up about a blue texas, and MSNBC had a crush on her.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Wendy Davis, the savior of the Texas Democratic Party, bullsh*t

Did anyone ever actually think this? Most people knew from the start there's no way Davis could win. Her purpose was to motivate the Democratic base in the state for future endeavors as opposed to throwing up a some dude and laying down and dying.

After she made the filibuster, liberal blogs were getting fired up about a blue texas, and MSNBC had a crush on her.

I don't know ANYONE, on MSNBC or anywhere else suggesting Texas was turning blue this year.

[Knives]

I think the Democrats in Texas were more excited about energising the base with Wendy and grabbing the votes of people they might not have been able to reach without her widespread national coverage.

[Maxwell]

I think the Democrats in Texas were more excited about energising the base with Wendy and grabbing the votes of people they might not have been able to reach without her widespread national coverage.

Doesn't look like she's getting any new voters. The press coverage seems to just be media delusion.

This is Ed Gillespie syndrome to a smaller extent.