| In all the hooplah around which Democrat is better between Watts and Noriega to StopCornyn, Emil Reichstadt, a Dallas lawyer and former JAG Army officer, announced he was running against John Cornyn back in April.
This from Reichstadt's press release:
Saying that he is deeply concerned about the welfare of American children and alarming environmental and national security issues, longtime local private practice attorney Emil Reichstadt is declaring for the Texas 2008 U.S. Senate race Thursday, April 19, on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas.
According to Reichstadt's press release, he is the youngest of three sons. His father was a swiss immigrant who married his wife in Little Rock, AR. Emil has been married for over 30 years and he, and his children, attend the Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas. Has quite the volunteer background as well.
My favorite quote by Reichstadt was in regards to the military:
"We need to foster our leaders in the military as subject-matter experts and rely on their expertise," he says. "We cannot wallow in military policies of politics; we must let our soldiers protect themselves. We are mired in sinking sand in Iraq, in the middle of a civil war that our best military minds sought to avoid. The war has been terribly mismanaged, and the incumbent, John Cornyn, has stood by and blindly supported that mismanagement."
So as we continue and debate Watts versus Noriega, we need not forget there is another candidate in this race who deserves to be vetted in the manner the other two are as well.
Welcome, Emil Reichstadt, to the Texas Democratic Senatorial Primary debate. |
