Posted on 12/04/2001 3:41:23 AM PST by ThJ1800
Texas Democrats eye the middle lane
By Peggy Fikac, San Antonio Express-News, 12/04/01
AUSTIN -- Former Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower once said there's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos. Today, many Texas Democrats see something else. They see the future. "The middle of the political spectrum? I can tell you who will be there — the next senator and next governor of the state of Texas," said former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, a candidate for the U.S. Senate who has won the backing of many top Democrats. Laredo businessman Tony Sanchez Jr., considered the front-runner among Democratic candidates for governor, is a past supporter of Republican George W. Bush, but he describes himself as a good and moderate Democrat. "I feel very comfortable in moderation," Sanchez said. "I feel very uncomfortable in the extreme left (or) extreme right, because both of those have one thing in common — that's intolerance. And I don't think that's good for government. I don't think that's good for our state, our people."
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