SignGate Continues for Martha Wong

by: Ryan Goodland

Thu Sep 28, 2006 at 02:05 AM CDT

Remember, Martha was one of only twenty House members to vote against three clean air amendments, earning her a spot among "the Toxic Twenty." Martha voted to require abortion providers to tell women that abortion causes breast cancer, even though the American Cancer Society has said there's no scientific evidence that suggests the two are connected. Martha even tried to get a street in Austin named after Ronald Reagan last year.

And now she insinuates (after the primary, she says) she isn't a right-wing Republican?

Martha's in for a tough fight over the next six weeks. Her district is urban, narrowly divided, and well-educated; two-thirds of district residents have a bachelor's degree or better. It's the kind of district that's too smart to fall for fear mongering about abortion or thinly veiled contempt for our environment. Martha knows that; that's why she's running away from her party ID and the policies she's promoted the past four years.

Gary Polland and Peter Roussel both essentially say in the interview that if Martha comes across as a right-wing Republican, she will lose. At this point, Martha's record and values are pretty clear, and no amount of red tape can cover them up.

On the Web: Ellen Cohen For State Representative.