A Case for Van de Putte for Governor

by: Robert Ryland

Fri Feb 20, 2009 at 02:39 AM CST

Que es esto? Phillip's recent post floating Sen. Leticia Van de Putte as a gubernatorial possibility made me pause in uffish thought for awhile today.   While I'd pondered her as a statewide before, it never really occurred to me to put her at the top of the list, but the post made me dig a little deeper and do some cipherin' (as my grandfather used to say).

My first thought was, damn that's a great media piece in the SA Current to start things off. Somebody in her camp has their act together - all the way down to the photos, which make her look tall and commanding and serious (as opposed to short and matronly), without sacrificing her femininity.  I like where this is going, PR-wise, if nothing else.

Then I thought some more, going down my mental list of vital candidate criteria and what a Democrat needs to knock off the jackals who currently control the machinery of our state gubmint...

I couldn't come up with a single weakness in her profile. Unless of course it's just not mathematically possible to elect a Latina as Texas Governor yet. My cursory reading of the numbers suggest that it's not out of the realm of possibility, given a combination of circumstances next year, but perhaps someone else can work over the numbers more closely and see what they yield. For the moment, I'm in love with the idea of this woman leading our cabal into the breach in 2010...and here's a few reasons why - (after the jump, if there is one around here...)

The people themselves are the best judge

by: David Van Os

Tue Feb 06, 2007 at 08:59 AM CST

  The best answer to the question is one that hardly any of the comments touched upon. That is, the people themselves, acting democratically through the ballot box, are always the best judge. The people themselves acting through the ballot box are in fact the only legitimate judge.  We all do still believe in democracy, don't we? 

Report on the meeting of 2006 statewide Democratic candidates and Party Chairman Boyd Richie

by: David Van Os

Tue Jan 30, 2007 at 08:54 AM CST

  Many of you received my friend Barbara Radnofsky's Internet newsletter describing the meeting that took place on January 21 between the Texas Democratic Party Chair and some of his staff and advisors, and five of the 2006 statewide candidates, including myself.

  With all due respect to my honorable colleague Barbara, her newsletter did not objectively or accurately describe the meeting.  To be fair, her description may be subjectively sincere. But it conveys an inaccurate picture.

I hereby challenge the Insiders to a public debate

by: David Van Os

Mon Jan 22, 2007 at 10:29 AM CST