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Eyes on GOP as Texas holds nation's 1st primary (TX Primary Open Thread)
The Boston Herald / The Associated Press ^ | March 4, 2014

Posted on 03/04/2014 1:46:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is holding the nation's first primary election Tuesday with a political free-for-all in Republican races that could push the state further right, though Democrats are calling it the next big electoral battleground.

Republican Gov. Rick Perry has decided this would be his last of a record 14 years in office, and his looming exit has set off a scramble resulting in the most open races in Texas in more than a decade.

Republicans are favored to win them all come November — including Perry's seat, despite Democrat Wendy Davis building a national profile and an early $16 million fundraising haul to match. She has energized Texas Democrats, who haven't won a statewide race in 20 years but insist the tide is turning....

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2014; 2014gopprimary; 2014midterms; abortionbarbie; gop; gopprimary; gregabbott; kenpaxton; primary; republicans; texas; tx2014; wendydavis
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1 posted on 03/04/2014 1:46:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yayyyy! Another Texas thread!


2 posted on 03/04/2014 1:50:32 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does anyone think Wendy Davis seriously has a chance of becoming Governor of Texas or is it a shoe-in for Greg Abbott?


3 posted on 03/04/2014 1:52:47 PM PST by wk4bush2004
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I early voted in small central TX county last week.
During my 15 minutes there, not one single voter stepped to the democRAT table. All voters went to the republican side.
The old rat gals at the criminal table looked like they had been sucking on lemons....


4 posted on 03/04/2014 1:53:21 PM PST by 9422WMR (: " Tolerance is the virtue of a man who has no convictions".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ll be watching the returns come in this evening if I can find a good “real-time” results link.


5 posted on 03/04/2014 1:54:03 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Go Texas!

I hope your primary results are a precursor for great things to come in 2014.

6 posted on 03/04/2014 1:54:37 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Texas Democrats, who haven't won a statewide race in 20 years but insist the tide is turning....

In case you wonder what they mean by "the tide":


7 posted on 03/04/2014 1:54:56 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Went and voted against Medina, Cornyn, Patrick, Dewhurst..


8 posted on 03/04/2014 1:55:54 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hope Sessions and Cornyn get shown the door.

And I SINCERELY HOPE ANOTHER DAMN BUSH doesn’t get elected - for ANYTHING. They are a passel of counterfit Conservatives, not the real thing.


9 posted on 03/04/2014 1:55:58 PM PST by ZULU (Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ll be voting in a few hours. Can’t wait to help flush Cornyn into the nether regions.


10 posted on 03/04/2014 1:56:53 PM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: wk4bush2004

>> is it a shoe-in for Greg Abbott?

Shoe-in for Abbott. This time.

Next time? Depends on how many wetbacks get amnesty between now and then. And how many Kalifornicators and unemployed Yankees come here for the milk and honey and bring their liberal politics.


11 posted on 03/04/2014 1:57:19 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There's an earlier thread going here: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3129400/posts
12 posted on 03/04/2014 1:57:50 PM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: wk4bush2004
Does anyone think Wendy Davis seriously has a chance of becoming Governor of Texas or is it a shoe-in for Greg Abbott?

If you caught the recent Project Veritas secret video, you'll see that Dems are working overtime to break the law to make this a close race. I don't think they'll do it, especially if Texans remain vigilant, but they'll try every trick to fraud this election.

13 posted on 03/04/2014 1:59:04 PM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Man!! I am so anxious to see the polling numbers start coming in!


14 posted on 03/04/2014 2:00:12 PM PST by Howie66 (John Wayne McCornyn...he's just like US! Honest!)
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To: ZULU

George III didn’t get my vote, I can assure you.


15 posted on 03/04/2014 2:00:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Nervous Tick

I’m always amazed how refugees from California can liberalize a state (my niece did that for Colorado) and yet California keeps getting more blue as the liberals depart.


16 posted on 03/04/2014 2:01:00 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
On a national scale, CUTTING GOVENMENT AND TAXES is absolutely the most important issue before us. Big Socialist government is the greatest threat to our freedoms and way f life than anything else. VOTE FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO CUTTING GOVERNMENT AND TAXES. No other issue comes close. Don't get sidetracked by peripheral issues (which the Left would love for you to do and uses to split the Right). Keep your eye on the ball.

Having said that, I wanted to post this again. It's basically a rehash of what we did in the 80's...

How much has our military been weakened since Reagan? We know the Leftists have completely jacked the economy since Reagan. Looks to me like before we're able to deal effectively with Russia and any other aggressors in the future, we've got to do what the American people and Reagan did in the 80's - go after the bad guys and fix things at home first, then go after the bad guys elsewhere:

1) oust the current regime in Washington DC
2) get the economy back on right footing by HUGE CUTS IN GOVERNMENT AND TAXES and letting the free market do what it does best: CREATE WEALTH,
3) Build the military back up once again to the world's strongest (weakness not strength invites war),
4) take down the NSA and other threats to American citizens
5) build up our intelligence community to make it first rate

Whatever aggressor-country hotspots including the Ukraine are relevant after 1-5 is done...

6) with good and verified intelligence, we should covertly work with the forces of freedom in the threatened country. In the case of the Ukraine if it’s still relevant, discern whether eastern Ukraine wants to join Russia and whether western Ukraine does not,
7) THEN, with actual and overwhelming force at our disposal, we should condemn the aggressor (Russia in this case) for threatening to invade the threatened country (Ukraine in this case) and move forces into the area with full intention of defending those that want to remain free,
8) we should seek diplomacy with the aggressor nation on the basis of our strength not weakness and any treaties or agreements should be based on “trust but verify.”

Note: We should NOT do what Bush did and start invading countries to force them to become democratic. That is NOT what America is here for. But we ARE here to help ourselves and others defend freedom against unwanted aggression and oppression.

17 posted on 03/04/2014 2:02:09 PM PST by PapaNew
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To: Servant of the Cross
Even while besieged with Polar Vortex,
the Baptist church remained open for voting!


18 posted on 03/04/2014 2:02:11 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: wk4bush2004

For the sake of TEXAS and the rest of the country, Greg Abbot has to annihilate the Queen of Baby Killers. I mean completely destroy her and the rest of the RAT ticket. No prisoners!


19 posted on 03/04/2014 2:02:14 PM PST by Howie66 (John Wayne McCornyn...he's just like US! Honest!)
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To: nascarnation

>> and yet California keeps getting more blue as the liberals depart.

They have their OWN problem with inflows from their southern border.


20 posted on 03/04/2014 2:02:23 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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