I think you may have overlooked one of the most obvious links between the Austin crowd and the Kerry Campaign.
Help me out on this fellow Texas Freepers and correct me if I am wrong.....
but wasn't Mary Beth Cahill Tony Sanchez' campaign manager in 2002 when he ran against Rick Perry?
Barnes, Cahill, Rather, Van Os, Burkett...seems to be a pattern!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-07-texas-ad_x.htm
Glenn Smith