[Dog Gone]

Well, you gotta remember that Morales is also the same guy who, as Attorney General of Texas, decided to marry a stripper that he had met only two weeks before.

[adrian]

My vote goes for World Peace!

[Zack Nguyen]

I believe that Mr. Morales is still under investigation for the tobacco settlement thing. Texas roped in about $5 billion in tobacco money when Morales was AG, 20% of which went to about five lawyers for their fees. It was truly staggering. Those lawyers apparently then turned around and made substantial donations to the Texas Democratic Party. Go figure.

[CurlyDave]

It is a wonderful day when the Rats are disorganized and squabbling amonst themselves...

[Zack Nguyen]

I believe that Mr. Morales is still under investigation for the tobacco settlement thing. When Morales was AG, Texas roped in about $5 billion in tobacco money, 20% of which went to about five lawyers for their fees. It was truly staggering. Those lawyers apparently then turned around and made substantial donations to the Texas Democratic Party. Go figure.

[Centurion2000]

I've got an idea why he would run for governor.

Senators do not get elected President of the US. Governors do.

[Post Toasties]

John WorldPeace for Texas Democrat Senate nomination!

[Bubba_Leroy]

The Austin Un-American Spaceman had an interesting quote in their article in today's paper about Morales' decision to run for governor:

Asked why Morales might run for governor, [Sanchez campaign manager Glenn Smith] said, "I guess it means he figured out he can't spend his old campaign money on a federal race, and so he picked a state race."

Under federal law, Morales would have to raise new money, with donation limits of $1,000 a person and $5,000 per political action committee. Under state law, contributions can be unlimited, and money raised for another nonjudicial office — such as attorney general — can be transferred to another state race.

In 1997, a year before he left office, Morales said he was debating what to do with his $1.2 million campaign surplus. If he kept it, he has quick cash for a two-month campaign against Sanchez, who is wealthy from his banking, oil and ranching interests.