If I vote, I'll vote for Kathie Glass. But I probably wont vote. I'd rather vote for Bill White than Rick Perry, if that helps.
B-Bob, in 2006, Perry received a grand total of 39% of the vote. Bell came in second (and White makes Bell look like a kid who's run away from kindergarten), at close to 30%, and two independent candidates, Kinky and Carol Keeton Krazy Rylander Strayhorn managed 30% between them. In other words, only 39% of Texans "liked" Perry enough to vote for him. I'll repeat that for the reading challenged. In 2006, only 39% of Texans "liked" Perry enough to vote for him. Yet Guvnor Goofus is a "shoe in" to win? If money means anything, and we know it does in politics, Perry has a big advantage. Thanks to the radical majority on the Supreme Court, all the favors Perry is calling in from rich wingnut wack jobs and big corporations have the money spigot wide open. In an election where many, seemingly an age ago, thought Democrats would have a financial edge, Roberts and company have insured that they do not. Quite a coincidence. Add to that the painful bumbling going into the midterms by the Democratic leadership, including the President and his buddies, and the reams of cash that should have gone to White is going to close races all across the country. Even with that advantage for Perry, including his advantage as incumbent, White would be beating him today if he had any political charisma AT ALL. Bummer, dude. Central Texas is flooded with filthy negative Perry ads that don't even pretend to be accurate. I can only imagine what the rest of the state is like, since this area is still solidly Democratic.
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I just got done speaking with one of my friends who is working on the Bill White campaign. I had asked her what is the camp's feeling at the moment since polls have Perry as anywhere from 8-11% favorite. She said that the Bill White campaign is looking at the polls but aren't to worried about it because most of the polls are never going to show it being close. Their thought process is that gap will close once the voters turn out. They're pushing very hard to get voters out. She said they're starting to see a big turn in DFW where it's normally been a red area. A few weeks ago, the DFW area was where Perry had his biggest lead. She said that a lot of the soft republicans are switching their vote over to White. They're starting to see his lead there soften up there. Overall, I hope White wins but I still think it's a tall order. Either way, I think a lot of Texans are tired of Perry's crap but are afraid of White because of the whole Obama adminstration. I think it's going to be a tight race once it's all said and done.
There is a great article that was posted on theeagle.com on Sunday. I thought I would post the link here. Rick's alma mater doesn't think to highly of him right now.... http://www.theeagle.com/opinions/Eagle-recommendations-for-Congress--College-Station-Council-and
I think she's stating that most polls in Texas aren't really going to show White close in any poll. I guess their logic is voters will make their decisions at the booths rather than these random polls. I saw on the Chron yesterday that google had White ahead.
That's probably true if White isn't actually close. But why wouldn't polls in Texas show it if she believes the actual vote would be close?
I agree with you. I think their logic is the gap will close once the voters hit the polls. I haven't seen any polls that's shown White closer then what he was in June at 6%. He has a chance if more Newspapers start bashing Perry for being an arrogant ass.
Yeah it is but other cities need to be writing stuff as well. It's great that the Chron is running it but he needs more support in rural areas and stuff.
That's nothing. Today it came out that Rick Perry was investing money from the Texas teacher retirement to fund companies owned by donors instead of giving it to you know.. teachers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101904245.html
good numbers for the first day, i'm not sure how to read it though. the numbers below are from the larger counties in the state, which typically go to the democrat... but if they're seeing high numbers, the outlaying suburban counties will be having a high turnout too (more perry votes). houston http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7253109.html san antonio http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/early_voting_turnout_bigger_than_expected_105215509.html dallas http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon...s/stories/101710dnmetearlyvote.1a171fe7d.html
And it should be. I know Perry's team is attacking him about that water company during Hurricane Rita. Apparently he was a CEO of that company. I truly don't know all the facts as others might. The other thing Perry's team is trying to focus on is White's W2's during his Clinton days. I'm not sure why that's so important... I'm assuming to take pressure off of how much money Perry has made.
