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Here in Seguin I see a majority of signs for White, even though the county will easily be won by Perry. Of course, my travels take me down the two or three streets/roads that are heavily populated with Dems, so it isn't really surprising. Still, it would be nice to see some opposition.

After all, Cuellar is in town every other week or so, going on and on about how much money he secured from the XYZ fund, or ABC committee to make life better in Guadalupe County.

IMO, Perry would do better to wait about another month before pushing anyway; we've seen plenty of evidence of the short memory voters tend to have.

KD5NRH wrote:IMO, Perry would do better to wait about another month before pushing anyway; we've seen plenty of evidence of the short memory voters tend to have.

If that is his campaign's consciously made decision, then I would feel better about it. I would hate to see it simply be something like lack of interest in campaigning.

The Annoyed Man wrote:I was merely curious about why Perry - who is after all pretty well funded himself - is allowing his only real challenger to run against him unopposed in one of the two largest political markets in the state.

It's apparently both major markets in the State--I haven't seen a Perry ad in months here in Houston.

I agree that Perry isn't worried about the election. Especially this year, a Democrat has little to no chance of winning the governor's race in a state as firmly Republican as Texas.

I hope that translates to Dem losing seats in congress.

I don't see a complacent GOP as something beneficial.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

KD5NRH wrote:IMO, Perry would do better to wait about another month before pushing anyway; we've seen plenty of evidence of the short memory voters tend to have.

If that is his campaign's consciously made decision, then I would feel better about it. I would hate to see it simply be something like lack of interest in campaigning.

IIRC, the best strategy is for a challenger to build name recognition well in advance, while an incumbent who already has the name recognition gets better results from a push right before early voting starts.

The Annoyed Man wrote:I know that White's reputation is tarnished by his performance as mayor of Houston, so I wonder if he's running all these ads in the next largest market where he hopes that people less individually familiar with his reputation might be swayed by the papp.

Exactly

All I know is that Bill White's newly announced plan to 'secure our border' was disgusting. He ran the fourth largest city in the country as a sanctuary city, and now he wants to 'secure the border'? Give me a break.

RHENRIKSEN wrote:All I know is that Bill White's newly announced plan to 'secure our border' was disgusting. He ran the fourth largest city in the country as a sanctuary city, and now he wants to 'secure the border'? Give me a break.

I had much the same thought, the first time I heard that ad.

Texas has the best economy of any state in the nation. This had to have happened for specific reasons. I don't begin to understand them all but I do know that as long as government stays out of the way, the economy will do just fine.

With 10% unemployment, we all should know several people who are without a job. I know a few who lost their jobs when Obama got his game on and started screwing stuff up but they have all found new situations. The job they have may not pay as much as the one they had but they all are at places where they can and will advance. At least one friend is doing much better financially freelancing his trade.

Is Rick Perry perfect? Nope! Not at all! No one is and the detractors always scream louder than the supporters.

I will say that I know my guy has won when the opponents start making fun of a physical trait rather than debating or criticizing the substance of what he stands for. All I know is if I had Rick Perry’s hair I’d run for office too.

Why anyone would want to change things in Austin at this time in our nation and states' history is crazy.