Posted on 05/25/2005 11:02:05 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly
AUSTIN — With more than $460,000 raised this year, Texas is second only to Sen. Hillary Clinton's home state of New York in funding the former first lady's bid for re-election.
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"Hillary has some very good friends in Texas," said spokeswoman Ann Lewis. "She's very actively raising funds for her Senate re-election campaign, and we're appreciative that her friends in Texas have been able to help."
During the last two years, Texas has been the third-biggest source of campaign cash for New York's junior U.S. senator, according to federal contribution reports.
California, Florida, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Massachusetts round out the list of top Clinton re-election contributions for the first quarter.
In March, Clinton made stops in Dallas, Austin, Houston and McAllen.
"She's a rock star in any party," said Democrat Garry Mauro, who co-hosted a fundraiser in Austin that drew 500. "Oftentimes, I have to twist arms and trade favors to get people to come to fundraisers. But that's not the case when Hillary came."
Texas Republican Party Chairman Tina Benkiser said it is no surprise that Texas is a rich source of campaign cash for candidates from both parties.
"Democrats may raise money in Texas, but they don't win in Texas," she said.
A Dallas Morning News analysis of Clinton's fundraising for this year's first quarter found that South Texas accounted for one-third of the former first lady's Texas contributions, proving that the region is growing in economic clout and political importance.
Also, the analysis lists a number of influential Texans adding to the Clinton re-election contribution pool, including former Gov. Ann Richards; Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of the former president; and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk.
Hillary raised most of her money with the hispanics in So. Texas - and specificially Tony Sanchez and the gang of marauders. That should give us all cause for concern since Texas will be Tejas pretty soon.
I must be the only Texan who's never been to Padre.
Oh, thought you were speaking of Houston.
I can make it to Galveston in about 5 or 6 hrs from here.
Actually I do like Austin, much prettier than Dallas. We used to live in Copperas Cove, just close enough to run down to Austin for shopping and good restaurants.
I thought it was so funny when Gore/LIEberman kept campaigning in Texas -- talk about a waste of money. I am with you votes are what counts and Austinites throw their money and votes away every time we elect a new President in recent years.
Clinton came to San Antonio in 1996 and had less than 2000 people there -- my oldest daughter covered it for the UTSA paper when we lived there. That spoke volumes to me about the support of RATs for President. Hillary also cut short her visit through the Texas Hill Country when she was heckled and had few supporters turn out for her visit.
Dole won Texas -- not worried about TX money from the RATs going to Hillary -- they don't control the votes.
Practical....
I like that!
:)
Now how did I know it wouldn't be long before an Austin FReeper spoke up? LOL!
You didn't get rid of your Aunt Maggie because she drank water out of the toilet, did you?
No, but Aunt Maggie isn't a liberal. If she were, I would have considered closing the lid on her a couple of times. :)
Yep. It's how we get 'em in the FReepathons (sometimes) too!
also remember than JFK was advised Dallas was a waste of time....
Thats hilarious! Wish I would have seen it. She wouldnt go over well in FW either.
This donation could be from one leftist fool with more money than wisdom, it might be worth 400 grand to him for this article that imples Hillary is popular in Texas...President Bush's state. It sounds far fetched but they are crazy.
Wasn't her Secret Service name "Twankles"?
I remember that -- if JFK would have lived, he would have lost Texas IMHO for his treatment of LBJ and having all that New England crowd around him who made fun of Texans.
It was one of the funniest things I saw -- she made several stops, was heckled, and left Texas to never return during the election to the Hill Country which means she is probably even more bugged with Pres Bush winning twice.
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