The Mandate Assesses KBH
He’s Sisyphus, and He Approves This Message: Does Chris Bell have a chance in hell to be governor? (S.C. Gwynne, Texas Monthly)
TEN MONTHS LATER, 46-YEAR-OLD Chris Bell’s world is a vastly different place, the product of what might be considered—at least as seen from the basement of the Midland Hilton—a nearly unimaginable sequence of political events. These reconfigurations of destiny actually began back in June 2005, when Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced, after months of feverish speculation, that she was not challenging Perry in the Republican primary for governor, an earthshaking nonevent in Texas politics because she was viewed by many people, including many Democrats, as unbeatable. “She would have cleaned my clock, and no Democrat stood a chance in hell of beating her,” says Bell. “No way were we going to raise a lot of money.”
How about Chris Bell indirectly slamming Kay Bailey Hutchison's Dem opponent for the Senate, the precinct-chair-turned-Senate-candidate Barbara Radnofsky?
While some people actually hold out hope that Radnofsky is going to be able to raise lots of money (or already has, even!), the fact is that she's not going to raise the kind of money she needs to avoid the lopsided defeat that is coming.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/21/06 08:59 | Texas | Technorati
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Sad but true.
Posted by another precinct chair @ 23:16 on 05/21/06
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