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April 27, 2006Texas Declaring It's Independence?Ron reports: A new SurveyUSA/KEYE-TV poll shows Governor Rick Perry (R) continuing to hold a strong lead in his race for Governor. The results: Perry-39%, State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorne (Independent)-25%, singer/author Kinky Friedman (Independent)-16%, former Congressman Chris Bell (D)-15%. What do we know? 1. Races with strong and viable independent candidates are hard to poll. If I were Rick Perry, I'd be a little nervous. Prediction: An independent will be elected Governor of Texas. "Why the hell not?" Posted by Starbucks Republican at April 27, 2006 02:47 PMComments
On the blog front, WeekendPundit.com has endorsed Kinky, and offers some reasons why it's not just a vote against the other guys. Posted by: Jerry at April 27, 2006 05:49 PMI've endorsed Kinky on my blog. I will have one regret if he wins though and thats not being able to see the head of the RNCs face when the final tally is announced. Posted by: Dyre42 at April 27, 2006 09:01 PMOn a side note, I think its interesting that the Democrat is in 4th and only registers 15% of the vote. The Republican and the Republican-cum-Indie are taking 64%. While the liberal-Indie and the Democrat are taking 31%. Even if Strayhorne wins, this is more indicative of the quick passing of the Texas Democrats who ran the place before GOV Bush started turning the tide in 1994. Posted by: Adam C at April 28, 2006 01:15 AMIs it a sign of that or a sign of Chris Bell being a mediocre candidate and most Democrats choosing Strayhorn, who used to be an Austin-Democrat, or Kinky? Posted by: Mathew at April 28, 2006 11:01 AMKinky appeals to the native Texan mindset. Even a dope-suckin' cigar-smokin' hard-drinkin' Jewish musician mystery novelist is better than another Establishment Idiot of either party--if the dope-suckin' cigar-smokin' hard-drinkin' Jewish musician mystery novelist is a plain-speaking native Texan, and a buddy of Willie Nelson's. "He's OUR dope-sucking cigar-smokin' Jewish musician mystery novelist!" Hey, from the populist Texan angle, they've got a point. (It really is like a whole 'nother country...) Posted by: Tully at April 28, 2006 11:29 AM |
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