| I will be honest with all of you. I didn't have high hopes, nor high expectations going into tonight's 1st Texas Senatorial debate between Big Bad John, Rick Noriega, and the Libertarian who won her party's nomination with 31 votes, Yvonne Schick. Thinking back to the primary and the painful debate with Ray McMurrey, I was prepared for anything better than bad.
Tonight, I saw a Senator, and I'm not talking about John Cornyn.
Rick Noriega was prepared, confident, and responsive to a wide range of questions. He drew on his personal experiences to draw contrasts with John Cornyn. He pressured our Republican rubber stamper on his ties to all that is wrong in Washington. After all, Cornyn is Washington- Bush's Washington, Cheney's Washington, & Tom DeLay's Washington.
Noriega certainly over performed expectations, and for more details you can read the Texas Kaos Liveblog comments or the releases on the Rick Noriega Blog. But the greatest moments of the debate were summed up in two simple, but telling quotes by the candidates.
Rick Noriega asked: "People of the state of Texas- Are you better off today than you were six years ago?"
Compared to John Cornyn: "I support the status quo."
Exactly. Let the end game begin. Donate for the air war.
Update: Oh, couldn't forget this quote which represents the third candidate well.
Yvonne Schick: "Terrorists are like fire ants. If you want them out, you treat your yard, not your neighbors." |
