Posted on 01/03/2006 4:55:25 AM PST by balch3
The Quorum Report says today that TX comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn will run for governor as an independent.
Strayhorn, a former Dem, had hinted of an independent bid and as recently as Friday, her campaign refused to say what her party allegiance would be come today, which marks the filing deadline in TX.
Strayhorn is the mother of WH press sec. Scott McClellan.
Dems Chris Bell and Bob Gammage are on the line to challenge GOP Gov. Rick Perry; satirist Kinky Friedman has filed to run as an independent.
There's no guanratee that either Strayhorn or Friedman will land on the ballot; the requirements for ballot access are expensive and onerous for independents in TX.
But -- in one way, Strayhorn's decision confers an advantage. Candidates wanting to run as independents must gather about 46,000 signatures from the pool of voters who don't vote in the primaries. Since the Strayhorn/Perry primary would have been the only race to trigger high turnout, a competition-less GOP primary will enlarge the pool of voters from which Strayhorn and Friedman can collect names.
Our question: can they legally work together? Can one person legally sign a petition for both Friedman and Strayhorn?
Perry leads comfortably in all head-to-head polls but his approval rating is below fifty percent, a sign of vulnerability. He is more popular than he used to be among conservative Texans, who make up between 35-45 percent of the electorate and more in the GOP primary.
What would you think of Perry if he beat up a little girl?
"What would you think of Perry if he dedicated a new mosque in your neighborhood?"
My only thought on that is: Strayhorn would be wearing a Burkha when she did it. (Come to think of it, that would be a good thing for her)
That's not a factor in my decision making process-politicians pander, it's what they do. Like dogs bark, cats meow, pigs oink, politicans pander
Perry is no more hypocritical than any other politician on the Muslim issue. It's something they have to do. Until there is a fundamental change in the way the country views Muslims, that's the way it will be.
I actually think Mclellan is a terrible press sec....I miss Ari's ability to circumvent the press intelligibly. That said, I don' t think it matters "what" party their mothers belong to. My mothers a whack job liberal too....I can relate.
Somebody needs to fix him up with Strayhorn. It's about time for her to change her name again.
I'd be grateful that they were hostile to the muslims in the other mosque a few blocks to the west.
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