BREAKING: Kirk Watson Running for Re-Election

Whew. (0.00 / 0)

Glad to hear it. I really like him as my senator, and didn't want to lose him to the huge uncertainty of a statewide race. I'm guessing he saw some polling data that said fuhgeddaboudit.

Maybe 2014.

Too weird to be a Texan, too Texan to live anywhere else.

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by: ernesttubb @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 12:54:07 PM CDT

Disappointing (0.00 / 0)

This is rather disappointing news.  I believe the Kirk would have been a much stronger contender for Government (or Lt. Governor) than our current selection.

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by: jvansickle @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 13:04:02 PM CDT

The statement is out (0.00 / 0)

http://www.kirkwatson.com/wats...

Too weird to be a Texan, too Texan to live anywhere else.

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by: ernesttubb @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 13:05:21 PM CDT

Competitive statewide (0.00 / 0)

I agree 100% that we are very fortunate to have Kirk Watson as our senator in Travis County.  

I have to respectfully disagree with the defeatist notion that 2010 is a lost cause at the statewide level.

Gallup has shown that Texas can be competitive statewide this cycle; see http://www.burntorangereport.c...

However, two things have to take place for that to happen:

1) We all have to come together and work extremely hard for the nominee, turning out our base in unprecedented ways; and

2) We must elect a candidate who can also appeal to a large cross-section of the Texas electorate in November, particularly independents who have gone the other direction in past cycles.  

I believe Tom Schieffer can reach a large number of these independents, much like Mark Warner did in Virginia.  

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." -Frederick Douglass

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by: Ware V. Wendell @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 16:21:16 PM CDT

Unity now possible (0.00 / 0)

Democrats now have a chance to unify around Schieffer and vanquish a fractured Republican Party.  It's bad enough that Friedman is running; if Alvarado runs for governor, he will destroy any hope of unity.  I so long for the day that this party exorcises its demons of racial politics, but the problem appears to be getting worse, not better.

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by: Dale Napier @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 16:41:43 PM CDT

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Governor Race (0.00 / 0)

Kirk made the right decision.  He is a leader and we need him in the Senate.
Tom can appeal to independents and some republicans.  His message is education and do we need it!  Education can solve a whole lot of problems!  He has the money and the structure and has been working the state.
Felix Alvarado may file, but he does not have the structure or money to mount a campaign and it's getting way too late for that.  I wish he would use his influence to get behind Tom, they are both from Ft. Worth.  
Kinky wants to sell books, and will probably write another one.  He only appeals to a certain group who will vote for him, just because - and cause us to be in the same mess we were in 2006.

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by: dbmc @ Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 21:59:58 PM CDT