Edwards Endorsers:
Kirk Watson
Trey Martinez Fisher
Garnet Coleman
Jim Dunnam
Joe Farias
Stephen Frost
Mark Homer
Paula Pierson
Craig Eiland
Obama Endorsers:
Mark Strama
Sylvester Turner
Juan Garcia
Hillary Endorsers:
Carlos Uresti
Abel Herrero
Armando Martinez
Richard Raymond
Veronica Gonzalez
Rene Oliveira
Aaron Pena
Chenta Quintanilla
Juan Escobar
Hubert Vo
Senfronia Thompson
Richardson Endorsers:
Rick Noriega
Pete Gallego
Paul Moreno
Bill Richardson has repeatedly described himself as the most moderate of all the Democratic presidential candidates:
He stood at the center of "Spin Alley" -- a room given over to candidates and their chosen mouthpieces for hours of post-debate "analysis." And Richardson was analyzing away.
"I came out as the most moderate candidate with the clearest position on Iraq," Richardson insisted as he took a slug from a bottle of water. "I'm a different kind of Democrat."
Richardson was working overtime -- hence the sweat -- to sell that message, a pitch he had struggled to make during the 90-minute debate, where he often looked uncomfortable on stage and failed to distinguish himself from the other "second-tier" candidates.
For Richardson, Spin Alley offered a second bite at the apple, a unique opportunity to change conventional wisdom before it hardened.
"I am not a rock star, but I've got a solid record," he said. "I have got serious experience. I get things done."
Richardson is a former congressman, an ambassador to the United Nations and Secretary of Energy under President Clinton. A staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, he said he believes he is the party's moderate candidate.
Moving from foreign policy Richardson struck a theme of being "practical, pragmatic, and patriotic." He struck that chord frequently and often. He noted numerous times that he was a pro-business moderate Democrat who was running in the center and would not be swayed. He said he will not be liberalized by Iowa or New Hampshire...
The ironically named "Texans for Lawsuit Reform" is in the process of trying to take our vote away.
Specifically, Sen. Duncan's Senate Bill 1204 is designed to take away the right of locally elected judges to preside over local cases. Instead, TLR wants the Republican Chief Justice of the most bitterly partisan Supreme Court in Texas history to unilaterally select an unelected panel to decide which judges get to preside over which cases across Texas
Contrary to our right to democratically elect local judges to preside over local cases, TLR wants a panel appointed (not elected) by the Chief Justice to have the power to pick a has been ex-judge thrown out of office by the voters from El Paso to preside over cases from East Texas. Or to hand pick politically connected ex-judges from South Texas to preside over cases filed in the Panhandle.
(This story needs some attention. - promoted by M. Eddie Rodriguez)
The Texas Code of Judicial Conduct demands that a judge or judicial candidate shall not knowingly or recklessly misrepresent the qualifications or other fact concerning the candidate:
Canon 5 Refraining from Inappropriate Political Activity
(1) A judge or judicial candidate shall not:
(i) make pledges or promises of conduct in office regarding pending or impending cases, specific classes of cases, specific classes of litigants, or specific propositions of law that would suggest to a reasonable person that the judge is predispoded to a probable decision in cases within the scope of the pledge;
(ii) knowingly or recklessly misrepresent the identity, qualifications, present position, or other fact concerning the candidate or an opponent; or make a statement that would violate Canon 3B(10).
On his official campaign website (http://www.donwillet...), Republican Supreme Court Judge Don Willett misrepresents that his supporters include newspapers the Austin American-Statesman, El Paso Times, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Midland Reporter-Telegram, San Antonio Express-News, Victoria Advocate, and Waco Tribune-Herald.
(And this just breaking, the Halloween Peeps have withdrawn their endorsement! - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
AUSTIN – Supporters of entertainer turned politician Kinky Friedman expressed shock and disappointment Tuesday night after they spent a fruitless evening in pumpkin patches from El Paso to Texarkana.
“I was sure that the Great Pumpkin would rise over the pumpkin patch and give us candy,” one Friedman supporter said. “We spent hours trolling internet message boards and voting for the Great Pumpkin multiple times in unscientific on-line polls,” he explained, “I can’t believe the Great Pumpkin didn’t rise.”
When asked whether the campaign focused on registering new voters for the Great Pumpkin, Laura Stromberg said, “no, but have you seen how many out-of-state MySpace and Facebook accounts we have generated among 14 to 17 year olds?”
While supporters of Kinky Friedman are universally disappointed in the failure of the Great Pumpkin to rise this Halloween, they remain confident that Friedman will prevail on November 7. When asked to comment, one Friedman supporter summed up the crowd’s sentiments. “We’re totally not throwing our vote away on a fictional candidate or a novelty campaign,” he said, adding “Dude, can I share some of your Halloween candy?”
(This just goes to show that the discontent over Seaman was a long time coming. - promoted by M. Eddie Rodriguez)
Lance Bruun, the lawyer representing Gene Seaman in the Condo-gate scandal, accused Seaman of unethical and illegal conduct back when Seaman first ran for District 32.
This news item describes Lance Bruun's current relationship with Seaman:
Three local television stations have refused state Rep. Gene Seaman's request that they stop broadcasting a political commercial ... ABC affiliate KIII, NBC affiliate KRIS and CBS affiliate KZTV, said Wednesday they will continue to air the ad. ...
The ad, which started running this week during primetime, associates Seaman with former congressman Tom DeLay, who resigned in an ethics scandal. The commercial criticizes Seaman for using campaign funds to pay rent on an Austin condo owned by his wife, and for a homestead exemption granted on the condo when the couple's primary residence is in Corpus Christi....
