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29 December 2009
La Abuela Mas Loca (de nuevo)
In my post on the strange crazy fever that has infected a few Texas Democrats, I forgot to mention one detail: since failing to even make the Austin mayoral runoff, One Crazy Grandma has been a lobbyist for a group that is apparently reneging on its promises and angering environmentalists.
That sounds like a great way to win the Democratic primary!
Posted by Evan @ 12/29/09 07:47 AM | Comments (0)
28 December 2009
Kind of a bizarre thing to say
Still, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told me Tuesday that he would appoint the Select Committee on Redistricting. He didn't name a chairman, but said he had a senator in mind.
Dewhurst feels like the Senate will have a plan, but the "in the end the court may draw the map."
This is a strange statement. Yes, federal redistricting law is ambiguous and byzantine, but why would you begin the process by saying that?
Posted by Evan @ 12/28/09 11:05 PM | Comments (0)
Encapsulation (part 2)
I criticized the Kay Bailey Hutchison campaign the other day for banning Paul Burka from the debate with Rick Perry, but I saw something outside of the usual Texas sources that got me thinking.
And it struck me: I don't think I've ever seen Burka criticize Hutchison directly. I think he's always criticized her campaign, explicitly or implicitly blaming her campaign staff. Given that, it seems pretty odd for Hutchison campaign staff to remove Burka, a former high school friend of the senator.
Posted by Evan @ 12/28/09 11:00 PM | Comments (0)
Good luck with that
I noticed that former City Councilman Gordon Quan will attempt to knock off Rice alum Ed Emmett as Harris County Judge.
That seems like a tall task when even a campaign consultant in his party acknowledges that people think Ed Emmett "has done a pretty good job."
One thing I like alot about Emmett is that he isn't a panderer. I remember him debating Charles Bacarisse in front of the Young Republicans, a group he knew to be largely backing Bacarisse, and he pretty much refused to throw any red meat out at all. He just talked about limited government principles and running the county government effectively. The man clearly was immersed in the minutiae of county government.
Posted by Evan @ 12/28/09 10:40 PM | Comments (0)
Texas +4
As I am back to posting again, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention a report that puts numbers to just how big a winner Texas will be in the next reapportionment.
Texas picks up 4 seats. By contrast, the only other states to pick up seats are Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and Washington. They each pick up a single seat. Ohio loses 2. Losing 1 is Lousiana, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
As to partisan balance in the US House, that should swing seats to the GOP by at least 5 seats. The Ohio governor's race will have a significant impact on the final number...as will the Texas gubernatorial race.
Posted by Evan @ 12/28/09 09:43 PM | Comments (0)
La Abuela Mas Loca
One Crazy Grandma is apparently thinking about trying to run for her old office...as a Democrat.
Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirsten Gray confirmed that former Republican Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn called Democratic party chairman Boyd Richie on Tuesday to discuss running for comptroller as a Democrat. Earlier this month, the Statesman's W. Gardner Selby reported that Strayhorn had also reached out to Houston Mayor Bill White, the party's front-runner for governor.
Quick summary of Strayhorn's career: Democrat Mayor of Austin, switches to the Republicans, becomes a fairly standard Republican officeholder for years until she starts thinking about governor. Switches to independent, runs a quixotic campaign that gets like 10% of the vote, while prevaricating on her position on abortion. Then, she runs for mayor of Austin, coming in a less-than-solid 3rd.
And the Democrats are trying to recruit her? Seriously? I tell you what, if i were a Democrat, I'd be less than happy with Richie. Although I personally distrust people like this strongly, as I assert that they only care about the prestige and attention of holding public office.
That's One Crazy Grandma.
Posted by Evan @ 12/28/09 06:22 PM | Comments (0)
gar
i just wrote a big post and then lost it near the end. almost every time this happens, the original post never gets redone and I lose my desire to keep blogging.
Posted by Evan @ 12/28/09 04:33 PM | Comments (0)
Congratulations to Annise Parker
Congratulations to Annise Parker for being the next mayor of Houston. I doubt I'd ever vote for her in a non-mayoral election, but it was pretty clear that she was the best qualified candidate -- being from Rice didn't hurt -- so best wishes for her.
She certainly inherits a city that has been left on shaky financial footing, but she's the best equipped to deal with that, it seems to me.
Posted by Evan @ 12/28/09 02:04 PM | Comments (0)
23 December 2009
Encapsulation
I've been off blogging for a long time. Other priorities, etc etc etc. It's hard to jump back in sometimes.
This, however, is easy. Paul Burka writes:
Ross Ramsey, writing in the Texas Tribune today, has a story that the Hutchison campaign asked that I not be allowed to be a panelist on the gubernatorial debate on the grounds that KERA, the Dallas PBS station that is hosting the debate, and NPR both have policies against opinion writers participating in debates. The story is correct. KERA agreed with the Hutchison campaign and invited Texas Monthly to send another panelist of our choosing. At this point, Texas Monthly withdrew as a co-sponsor of the debate.
It's amazing how Kay Bailey's campaign could so trenchantly encapsulate everything that is wrong with her campaign.
Burka, if anything, is an ally of Hutchison. At this point, though we know Burka thinks KBH has run a ridonkulously bad campaign, I think we have every indication that Burka still plans to vote in the GOP primary, in large part to vote for Hutchison.
If Perry's camp had made this request, they'd be laughed at and accused of threatening the press. KBH's camp will get more of a pass, but it encapsulates everything wrong with her campaign: she has taken people naturally inclined to be allies and given them reason not to support her.
Posted by Evan @ 12/23/09 04:44 PM | Comments (1)
21 November 2009
andamos asi.
hasta que se termina que sea necesario, sigue
Posted by Evan @ 11/21/09 12:52 AM | Comments (0)
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