The time is now. The moment has presented itself. With Mikal Watts bowing out of the race and Rick Noriega appearing to have no primary opponent but little money for a state wide race, it is time that we start asking "Is Noriega all we have?" We believe that we can do better because you have to bring your 'A' game if you are going to beat John Cornyn, his ill-gained dollars and the Texas Republican political machine. We believe that there is plenty of time to bring out a better candidate. That better candidate is General Ricardo Sanchez.
Here is a little information about the man who we believe has a better shot at taking down Cornyn:
Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez (born 1953) is a retired United States Army general who served as the commander of coalition forces in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004. He was the highest-ranking Hispanic in the United States Army when he retired on November 1 2006 (a more complete bio can be found at the end of this post)
Sanchez has never been a lobbyist for the price gouging energy companies, has never taken money from Bob "Swiftboat" Perry and has enough national notoriety to raise real national money. He never got a chance to go to a fancy Ivy League college but was at the top of his class at Texas A&I Kingsville. His entire adult life has been of service to our country and has risen to highest ranks of our military.
As the boys at Burnt Orange Report like to say, primaries are good. We assume they will support this effort as they support a vigorous primary.
We are committed to supporting a primary, and a draft movement..... is the best way to ensure a Democratic primary race for this year's U.S. Senate seat. We support a primary for a number of reasons, including:
A primary further raises the profile of the TX-Sen race to a national level
A primary allows an increasingly knowledgeable electorate to learn more about the candidates before the fall of 2008
A primary quickens the development of an infrastructure of a campaign, ensuring the winner is better prepared to take on Cornyn in November '08
Even Houston curmudgeon, John Coby, would have to agree that Gen. Sanchez fits his cherry-picked list of criteria.
Join us and submit you name to draftsanchez@gmail.com to Draft Ricardo Sanchez for U.S. Senate.
