Rick Noriega Comes to Dallas! (John Cornyn, Too)

by: Elsbeth

Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 00:05 AM CDT

Of course, Cornyn didn't look terribly enthusiastic when he said it. Maybe it's because he was forced to be in Dallas today. Those darn Democrats.

Breathing all that Dallas Democratic Party air must have been very challenging for Senator Cornyn. He looked terribly pale to me in the clip I saw.

Or maybe I'm just not used to seeing him in living color.

No matter. President Bill Clinton was here and he was so fired up! And Senator Rick Noriega was here and he was magnificent and incredibly fired up! And based on polling from October 1st, the gap has closed to 7 percentage points between Noriega and Cornyn. Wow! That's two weeks ago.

The Dallas News reports that President Clinton had high praise for Rick Noriega tonight:

In a rally that included most every major Democrat in North Texas, Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged voters to elect Rick Noriega to the Senate to help Barack Obama push a change agenda.

"Nobody is smart enough to do this alone," Mr. Clinton said of electing a Democratic president. "The supporting cast matters."

Hillary Clinton had some things to say, too:

Mr. Clinton said that his wife, who recently stumped for Mr. Noriega in South Texas, was miffed that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was not active in the Lone Star Senate tilt.

President Clinton offered even more praise for Rick Noriega:

Mr. Clinton said Mr. Noriega would help Mr. Obama and Democrats restore jobs, achieve energy independence for the country and reform the nation's health care system.

And the quote that will surely put some color back in John Cornyn's worldview:

"Don't believe the polls," said Dallas County Party Chairwoman Darlene Ewing. "He's within striking distance of Cornyn. He can win this." [emphasis added.]

Moo!

Heritage Alliance PAC Launches Robocalls in Dallas

by: Elsbeth

Sat Jun 09, 2007 at 11:21 PM CDT

Over the past week, and in Leppert's television ads, his campaign has been complaining about the Oakley campaign's "negative" ads, the recent endorsement of Oakley by the Dallas County Democrats (making the race appear to be overly-partisan according to some) and the stories about Oakley's sexual orientation seem to be getting a fair share of the attention in the press. Here and here. And now this. The robocalls. If you're not sure what that is, this overview from Alternet should help.

But back to the Dallas Robocalls...*Update* ~ Audio here.

2006 Texan Of The Year: Carolyn Boyle & Texas Parent PAC

by: Vince Leibowitz

Wed Dec 06, 2006 at 00:07 PM CST

The Texas Progressive Alliance has named Carolyn Boyle and Texas Parent PAC its "Texan of the Year" for 2006.

The Alliance announced Boyle's selection on Wednesday following several days of discussion and voting among writers, editors and owners of some of the state's most prominent and often read progressive political blogs.

Boyle and Texas Parent PAC were among more than 40 individuals and organizations initially nominated for the honor by the bloggers. The race for Texan of the Year was very close due to the many influential organizations and candidates that played a role in Texas politics during 2005.

Other finalists who were neck-and-neck with Boyle and the Parent PAC included the Dallas County Democratic Party (for their transformation of the political landscape in Dallas County) and State Rep.-elect Juan Garcia (D-Corpus Christi), for the high quality campaign he waged leading to his defeat of Rep. Gene Seaman (R-Corpus Christi) in a tough district.