Posted on 09/02/2009 9:33:48 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
Republican Debra Medina, a former nurse and the pride of Orangedale, could be a spoiler candidate in the 2010 party primary for governor.
Could be.
If she wants to be.
So far, the former Wharton County party chairwoman seems content with rallying the 5 percent of Texas Republicans who supported U.S. Rep. Ron Paul for president and agitating for geeky rules to give that faction more power.
"I’ve been working 20 years to hold our elected officials accountable," Medina, 47, of Wharton, said Monday night after a speech to a Dallas chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans. "We’re not just campaigning for governor. We’re working to restore the Republican Party."
Fine.
But does she realize how fast she could become a challenger for governor?
She’s more of a tax cutter than Gov. Rick Perry. She’s more conservative than U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
In a campaign where Hutchison and Perry are likely to muddy each other’s hairdos, Medina can criticize both.
"Rick Perry campaigns like a conservative, but you can’t judge by what he says," Medina said in an interview. "You can only judge what he does."
Obviously, her campaign might pare away conservative Perry voters and help Hutchison.
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I don’t know how I missed these articles last week. Apologies. I guess the race is heating up a little bit. I’ll move faster.
I heard her on Mark Davis’ show and she was very impressive. Had a good conservative answer and he asked some fairly tough questions.
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Done.
But to actually compare her to Gov. Perry, one must ask "How's her hair?", because his hair is awesome and will defeat all challengers.
For reals though: Perry is a RINO and has let us down. He is a pure political animal who says one thing and votes the other. Half the people who like him say to me "Oh, he's an Aggie, He's my people", which does not indicate a lot of deep thought or reflection, IMO.
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My parents are retired... living in Wharton.
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If Medina plays her cards right, she could actually have a chance. It’s early in the race, so I’m giving her a serious look. We’ll see how she runs with the big boys. I hope she’s has some Barry Sanders/Walter Payton/Emmit Smith/LaDanian Tomlinson moves in her.
The result - he eliminated the Democrats’ game of bizarre gerrymandering and in the process ended the tenures of people like Martin Frost, Charlie Stenholm, Jim Turner, Nick Lampson and others. A lesser man might have folded but Perry stuck to his guns. For that, I'll always be grateful and will continue to support him.
Just out of curiosity, if she’s so super-conservative, why is she being quoted from a meeting of Log Cabin Republicans in Dallas?
Just seems a bit odd to me.
Was it an election year? He usually does his pandering then.
It’s not hard to be more conservative than Kay.
She’s a Christian Southern Baptist herself but doesn’t believe that government has any business in the bedroom.
Another accomplishment?
DALLAS -- Wharton Republican Debra Medina, a former Ron Paul campaign coordinator now running for governor, told the Log Cabin Republicans on Monday that she is a "Southern Baptist Christian conservative" but doesn't think the party platform should address homosexuality.
Medina, visiting the North Texas area a week after Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, told the predominantly gay Republican group, "I'm not going to waver in my view of homosexuality, but I don't believe it's the government's job to do anything about that, and the party needs to stay out of it as well."
Medina mostly addressed budget issues and her tax proposals before an audience of about 40 Republicans.
It was not an election year. I was waiting for him to crack, but he never did. If you recall, the Democrats pulled the stunt of first crossing the state border into Oklahoma in order to deny the legislature a quorum, and later went into New Mexico. Perry never flinched, calling one special session after another until finally one key Democrat Senator (Whimire) threw in the towel. Shortly thereafter, redistricting became a reality, and a century of outrageous gerrymandering was undone. Thanks to Perry, we now have outstanding GOP leaders in Congress such as Ted Poe and Louie Gohmert.
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