$5 Friday

by: Xpatriated Texan

Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 10:55 AM CDT

This race is one of those third-tier races where, though chances of turning the district blue are low, the Democratic candidate running is a quality candidate who could, running in a less red district with more financial support, be a good contender to ‘flip’ a district.

After all, Ricketts is a CPA with a PhD who holds an endowed chair at Texas Tech, for goodness sakes. When it comes to debates about the budget, deficit and government spending, there’s no question Ricketts could walk circles around Neugebauer and leave him tied to the post with his own leash.

This race also (oddly enough) has become one of the races with the best potential to spark internet interest, thanks in no small part to the constant patrolling of the folks at Blue 19th, who won’t let a single Neugebauer statement go by without pointing out why the sitting congressman is nuts, including his likening of Hispanics to Hezbollah.

The bottom line is that Neugebauer isn’t getting a free ride. Ricketts will hold him accountable for his actions and hopefully increase Democratic turnout, which could benefit Bell and other statewides in the region.

Yessiree-bob!  We plan to hold that Prairie Dog's feet to the fire until we singe the hair off his kneecaps!  It's time the people of West Texas had a Representative who was, well, "representative" of the best West Texas has to offer - not the throwed-off discarded remnant of a Prairie Dog who has stuffed his foot in his mouth so much the soles of his shoe are stuck between his teeth!

Give Randy the boot!  Donate to Robert Ricketts today!