Posted on 12/19/2011 12:51:40 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
Retired General Ricardo Sanchez’s sudden withdrawal from the Texas Senate race leaves the Democratic Party without a big-name candidate to compete against whoever emerges from the Republicans’ heavyweight primary fight among Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, former state Solicitor General and Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz, and former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert.
Sanchez announced Friday that he’s ending his campaign to replace retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
In a statement issued by his campaign to supporters, Sanchez said anemic fundraising and the loss of his house to a fire had led him to conclude that a statewide campaign was “impractical for me at this time.”
“After extensive consultation with my family … I have decided to put family first and I will therefore end my campaign for the 2012 U.S. Senate seat as of today,” he said.
Sanchez was expected to easily win the Democratic primary, and Democratic operatives in Washington were hopeful that his military career — he commanded U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq and retired with the rank of lieutenant general — could help win over independent voters in conservative Texas. However, his campaign never really got off the ground.
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What about Perry? He certainly could go back and register Democrat. He probably would win. He is a moderate which is better than a nasty liberal.
What about Congresswomaaaaaan Shiela Jackson Lee? She is a fat-ass big mouth Democrat with a crown of braids and she is big-time into wealth redisribution. She can talk the vunables into supporting her campaign.
Dash rat. Gidda vunables. Anda moest po amunkus.
What is “W” doing these days?
Did she ever find the Flag the astronauts planted on Mars back in ‘69?
Why don't you just drop the anti-Perry rhetoric?
I bet you cannot even vote in TX. SO, why does your opinion matter?
Leppert is GOP? Really?
Paul Sadler, Jason Gibson to face off for Democratic Senate nomination
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