A lib was on this board earlier talking how Davis was going to be close and make a race out of this. I love it....

PPP’s newest Texas poll finds Republicans leading by double digits in all of the state’s major races for 2014.

In the Governor’s race Greg Abbott’s at 51% to 37% for Wendy Davis. Those numbers are largely unchanged from our last poll of the state in early November when Abbott had a 50/35 advantage. Davis had a 39/29 favorability rating right after her famous filibuster last June, but since then voters in the state have mostly moved toward having negative opinions about her and now she’s at a 33/47 spread. Davis’ name recognition is actually 12 points higher than Abbott’s, but his reviews break down favorably with 40% having a positive view of him to 27% with a negative one.

One thing that may be working to Abbott’s benefit is that for the first time ever in PPP’s Texas polling Rick Perry has a positive approval rating, with 48% of voters approving of him to 44% who disapprove. Perry’s net approval has improved 18 points from where it was 2 years ago at this time in the wake of his failed Presidential bid, when only 39% of voters gave him good marks with 53% disapproving.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/...texas.html

She is probably less qualified to be governor of any state than Hillary is to be president of the USA.

(04-15-2014 01:58 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  She is probably less qualified to be governor of any state than Hillary is to be president of the USA.

That's not why she is getting her little bottom spanked in Texas.

But wait... she's not "for" abortion...just the "choice". And people have mischaracterized her position on that small issue anyways. She is also for GUNS!!! Unless, she can get money from the anti-gun lobby. And it's a wonder she's only down 14%.

But seriously, the GOP had better keep its eyes open, because Wendy and her friends have already laid the groundwork to cheat and "get their voters out early and often".

It's not about if she's qualified but if she's electable.

Even the national left/liberal fundraising networks have written Davis off (They're actually kind of mad at her for screwing things up so badly).

Democrats interested in putting some $$$$ into a long-shot race in a red-state are now looking to Michelle Nunn in GA and Allison Grimes in KY. They will lose, too, but at least they seem to know how to run a competent campaign.

(04-15-2014 01:56 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  A lib was on this board earlier talking how Davis was going to be close and make a race out of this.

Heh. I think I know which "lib" you mean. If we're talking about the same guy, you'd be better off seeking political information from a Ouija board.

In fairness to the #TurningTexasBlue crowd, there was a moment -- let's be generous and say maybe 15 minutes -- late last summer or early fall when it seemed as if Davis maybe, possibly, if-the-stars-aligned-just-right, could make a game out of this. So far, hasn't happened.

(04-15-2014 05:56 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  In fairness to the #TurningTexasBlue crowd, there was a moment -- let's be generous and say maybe 15 minutes -- late last summer or early fall when it seemed as if Davis maybe, possibly, if-the-stars-aligned-just-right, could make a game out of this. So far, hasn't happened.

Further evidence of the Republican war on womyn.

Dallas Morning News Editorial Board Slams Abortion Barbie Over Her Blatantly Dishonest Attacks On Greg Abbott…



Tough day for Wendy...

Those of us in the news business have been getting pounded with incendiary emails from the Wendy Davis campaign asserting that Greg Abbott plans to impose standardized tests on 4-year-olds in publicly funded pre-school.

Two of yesterday’s breathless headlines from the Davis camp:

BREAKING: ABBOTT ADVISOR ADMITS PRE-K PLAN INCLUDES STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR 4 YEAR OLDS

And …

UPDATE: The Abbott campaign is now trying to cover up his policy advisor’s admission by saying, and we’re not kidding here, that the part of his plan calling for standardized testing is for “informational purposes only.”

The problem with all this: It’s just not true. That makes me want to ignore anything more from the Davis campaign on the subject. And that’s too bad, because pre-k is an important policy issue that deserves good-faith debate. But her campaign apparatus has turned it into one long, hysterical screed.

Davis appears to drawing on public sentiment that there’s too much testing in Texas schools already. Her ploy is suggesting Abbott would add more.

That’s not what he’s saying, near as I can tell from the materials and news coverage. His pre-k plan says he would leave the “existing rules untouched” and fund programs at a higher level if they met new criteria.

http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews...y-do.html/