Palin, DeMint to headline Crazy rally in Houston
On Edit: Oh, it appears I skimmed reading the headline too fast and inadvertantly got the truth.
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2012/Jul/25/palin__demint_to_headline_cruz_rally_in_houston.html
[font size=5]Palin, DeMint to headline Cruz rally in Houston[/font]
Will Weissert
Sarah Palin and a host of tea party all-stars are converging on Houston for a get-out-the-vote bash in honor of U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz.
The former Alaska governor will join South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint and top leaders from tea party groups around Texas at a Friday night rally in the Woodlands ahead of Cruz's July 31 runoff with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst
Dewhurst won the Texas primary but failed to capture a majority in a nine-Republican field for the party's nomination to replace retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Cruz has received millions of dollars from conservative groups who have branded Dewhurst too moderate _ even though the lieutenant governor is the mainstream GOP choice.
Dewhurst tentatively plans to also be in Houston on Friday, campaigning with voters.
The Associated Press
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Yes, the media has decided that a Rethug is the only possible result.
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http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Sadler-heads-to-Demcratic-runoff-for-US-Senate-155543865.html
[font size=5]Sadler heads to Democratic runoff for US Senate[/font]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Former state lawmaker Paul Sadler has moved forward to a runoff for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat.
Sadler is an attorney who served in the state House from 1991-2003. ....
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2012/jun/08/paul-sadler/paul-sadler-says-grady-yarbrough-ran-twice-statewi/
[font size=5]Paul Sadler says Grady Yarbrough ran twice statewide as Republican[/font]
Paul Sadler, a former legislator who is in a July 2012 runoff for the Democratic Party U.S. Senate nomination, told the Hispanic Caucus at the Texas Democratic Party state convention in Houston: "I’m running against a gentleman from San Antonio that ran as a Republican statewide twice." ....
"This year," the Morning News story says, "he not only changed his political affiliation but also the spelling of his name, listing himself in his application for a place on the Democratic primary ballot as ‘Grady Yarborough.’" The story quotes Yarbrough as saying he made the name change for the ballot to counter allegations made by his opponent in the 1990 land commissioner's race that he was simply running then because "Yarbrough" prompted sympathetic sentiment, a reference to Ralph Yarborough, who had been one of the state’s (EDIT: MOST LIBERAL) U.S. senators. ....
In a telephone interview, Yarbrough said he was invited by a Tyler friend to help the Republican Party in about 1984 and volunteered to help Republican Bill Clements make his successful last run for governor in 1986. Yarbrough said he left the GOP after the party’s chairman in 1990 refused to condemn another candidate for the party's land commissioner nomination who had offended Yarbrough by saying that his name was adapted from slave holders. The opponent, Yarbrough told us, "should not have brought that up."
Yarbrough said he became a Democrat after the 1990 race because he felt he was no longer welcome in the Republican Party.
We rate Sadler’s statement as True.
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