Surprise in a House Race Could Frost TX Republicans {Frost v. Sessions}

Houston Chronicle ^ | 09-19-04 | Hines, Cragg

[Theodore R.]

I got the sneaking suspicion that Mr. Hines is hoping that Martin Frost wins this North TX seat on Nov. 2! Wonder why?

[Torie]

Nice little partisan piece. It is clear why this guy is still stuck in the minors in Houston. He will never make it the in majors. His bias is too crude and palpable. No subtlety is in evidence from this hick.

[Arkinsaw]

Just because they drive limousines (or have 625 million bucks) don't mean they ain't liberals.

[goldstategop]

If Martin Frost wins a district that is 65% GOP voter registration, its cause he's more a Republican than Sessions! Go figure.

[Stonedog]

Actually, it makes it more likely that they're liberal.

[texas booster]

I make house calls to the N Dallas / Preston Hollow area, and there are many Frost yard signs. One of my customers is a lifelong Dallasite and a strong Democrat, much to my surprise. She grew up Democrat in the 50's and 60's and has changed her values to remain a Democrat.

Don't count Frost out. These well off N Dallasites regularly send money to "urban" candidates and are very liberal, or at least RINOs.

A movie on liberal guilt could be filmed up here, after yet another socialite raises funds for the homeless/Mother Earth/poor minority kids. They may have money, but they don't have common sense.

[Buck W.]

Any polls on this race?

[1066AD]

Agreed, there's a LOT of Frost signs around here, somewhat to my surprise.

[davidtalker]

No polls (Public) yet. I was driving home through N. Dallas after having to take a detour. Travelled through much of the District. Was amazed at the number of campaign signs on lawns and fences. There is a pile of cash being spent on this race. It is, without doubt, one of the most competive in the country.

I don't believe this will be as close as this guy seems to believe. The Bush coattails will be huge in the Northern reaches of the District. In the heavily Minority areas I believe people will just stay home. Kerry has little appeal in the Black community from what I see. Frost has a good organization. Most Union goons. However, they will not have that much impact in this District.

This column gives short shrift to Pete Sessions. He isn't disliked by many people. He hasn't alienated Republicans. I don't know where this guy comes to those conclusions. Sessions (for those of you outside DFW) is the "real deal." No RINO he. He's a great guy to boot.

I am hoping to see Martin Frost done in for good. This is a real battle between good and evil. GO PETE.

[Buck W.]

Thanks for the update. I'll be listening!

[Susannah]

According to the American Conservative Union, Sessions has an overall conservative rating of 98 during his 7 years in office. He got a 100 rating for 2002 and an 88 for 2003.

[Bush or Kerry You decide]

I think Marty could be Ben Barnes long lost cousin...

[Fledermaus]

Was that in the news section of the paper or on the editorial page? It's hard to tell these days.

[Slyfox]

We need to de-frost Frost and re-peat Pete.

[Paleo Conservative]

I think Republicans are less likey to put up signs.

[Lancey Howard]

You gotta be kidding. North Dallas has more Bush signs in any one neighborhood than any whole county in Pennsylvania. There's "Bush" parties every weekend all over the place around there.

[Malesherbes]

I've seen he author, Cragg Hines,on C-SPAN. He looks like Michael Moore's Texas cousin.

[HostileTerritory]

I get the impression that Sessions is a good conservative but has no talent for campaigning. This race looks closest to the Gekas-Holden race of anything this year, and that's not good.

Fortunately this district is more Republican than the Pennsylvania one.

[normy]

I see a lot of the Frost signd but their are just as many Session signs. They both have those big 3x3 signs and it seems like if there's a Frost one there is a Sessions one right down the road.

On a side note I notice quite a few Kerry/Edwards signs in Plano. Of course each Kerry/Edwards sign is usually countered by two or three Bush signs.