Wendy Davis for Texas Governor!!! Okay DU it's your turn now.

[efhmc]

I have been at DU for ten years and in those years I have donated to campaigns in numerous states. I have supported recalls and vote recounts and people in places far away from Central Texas. I did this in an attempt to help our country elect people who believe in women, men and children over corporations. Today I am asking you to step up and help me and millions of Texans reclaim our state from the crazies. It will take lots of money and dedication, but it can be done. Here is the website: http://www.wendydavistexas.com/
Thanks to you all.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Wendy!

[Tx4obama]

2. And below is an ACT BLUE fundraising link for Wendy Davis

Here: Act Blue Page Here: https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/35153

[snooper2]

3. Being in Texas, I'm giving all donations I usually do nationally to her

None to the DNC or other national groups-

straight to her campaign. I predict an ass kicking in the debates

[rdking647]

4. sent her my first donation today

normally i dont donate to political candidates but this is different
abbott has 25m in the bank and will run a dirty campaign.
ive only lived in texas for 4 years but ive seen what ass wipes the GOP is here.
and i know it takes big money to win.
so i donated... and will continue to donate..
if we can turn texas blue its all over for teh GOP.....
the time is now. we have a candidate to rally around

join #teamwendy

[dem in texas]

5. She's got my vote!

She is just what Texas Democrats need, a good candidate on the ticket. With her at the top of the state ballot, it will help all the way down the line for other Dem candidates. Maybe we'll get a Castro twin in, now that would be the greatest!

Turning Texas blue is going to take a lot of votes, the major cities (Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso) plus the Valley are Democratic. The suburbs surrounding the cities are Rep. Then Texas has so damn many rural counties and they are all repub. Plus Texas always has low voter turn out.

The untouched treasure for Democrats are the Hispanics who vote in low numbers in Texas. That is where the GOTV should be directed and with a good batch of candidates, the job will be easier.

[whttevrr]

6. k & r

bookmarked for frequent kicks

[gtar100]

7. That would be super awesome for Texas.

She'd have my vote if I lived there.

[Gothmog]

8. I am excited

Wendy is a great candidate

[brooklynite]

9. If you want to feel good, go ahead. If you want to accomplish something...

...think hard about your contribution, and what it means about where you're NOT contributing.

The sad reality is that the Texas Democratic Party is weak, and this race is rated as "SOLID REPUBLICAN". I'd love to see her win, and in 4 years, Democratic strength in Texas may be stronger. But in the meantime, your contribution to Wendy David is a contribution not made to defeat Scott Walker, Rick Scott, John Kasich, Tom Corbett or Rick Snyder, all of which are equally right wing, and all of which are vulnerable.

[zipplewrath]

12. Long way out

That's a heck of a prediction in a race that is a long way out, and in a state where things are changing fast. I gave to the Walker recall campaign, and that was predicted by the national party to be a loser. Should I not have contributed?

[brooklynite]

14. No, you shouldn't have

...and I don't rely on the Party's prognostications to guide my decisions. The recall election was never seen as a likely success by Cook, Rothenberg or Sabato, and none of them disagree that that, as things stand now, this is a lock for the Republicans. Could things change? Certainly, but it would require a dynamic change that I don't see happening at this point.

As a simple measure, I would hold off until (and if) the race changes to "Likely Republican". That would indicate some forward momentum that I'm not currently seeing.

[LanternWaste]

37. She has more support than a mere cursory glance allows

She has more support than a mere cursory glance allows, and snap, local news polls done over the past 24 hours show her ahead in the five I've seen so far... three of them had her leading by double digits over Abbot, two others she was ahead by single digits, and only one had her behind... by four point.

That's a damnably good start, and I'd imagine that anyone who tells us she has no chance is either unaware of local TX politics, or pretends to on the shoulders of an agenda.

[WolverineDG]

19. IF the Texas Democratic Party is weak

It is because national Dems, like you, do nothing but give us doom & gloom, treat us like dirt, call us stupid, bash Texas at any opportunity, YET come to us hat in hand asking for money for YOUR candidates & YOUR issues!

SCREW THAT! Texas is NOT your ATM anymore. We have long sent money & support to other states & candidates, who promise to help us when it's our "turn."

Well, it's our turn now, & where are all those panhandlers? Standing around with their hands in their pockets saying they can't/won't donate because we're "weak."

[brooklynite]

21. I'm a "National" Dem now?

Well, I suppose I am in that I give financial support to competitive candidates nationwide. But how exactly do - I - treat you like dirt? By trying to separate fantasy from reality? I have no official status, so if you've been getting the runaround from Party officials, you should take it up with them. I'm just someone with the financial resources to support candidates where it will make a difference, NOT where it will make me feel good for sticking up for a policy that won't get implemented because the candidate is destined to lose. I don't have unlimited resources, and if I did the Federal Govt doesn't let me spend as much as I want. So I perform triage. It's not pleasant (especially when I have to say no in person), but it's necessary.

Reminder - I've said before that Wendy should run...just not now. if she calls me (not out of the realm of possibility) and can offer a convincing path to victory, I'll be happy to consider it. Until then, my cash is going to the races where it can make a difference.

[tammywammy]

26. +1!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

[efhmc]

30. Thanks for your defense.

But let's move on. This person is not interested in even giving a great candidate a hand because of prejudice against Texas. We do not need this negativity. We have plenty of repugs to do it for us

[rdking647]

24. in 2007 no one thought a black first term senator

with a muslim middle name had a prayer of being elected. and yet he won.the most recent poll has wendy 8 point behind with 50% undecidied.

wendy can win
wendy will win

[brooklynite]

27. ...but he didn't win in Texas.

[tammywammy]

25. Oh, yeas a nice defeatist attitude

Texas, you just wait, maybe the next election we can help you out.

It takes a lot of money to run here. They're saying Greg Abbot will have $40M. That's $40-MILLION to spend.

I'm so tired of being told to help out these dems in other states, and when Texas asks for help we're told "too bad, so sad, you are a republican state".

So, thanks, but no thanks. I will spend my money right here in Texas, trying to turn it blue instead of helping all those other dems that other people deem more worthy.

[ananda]

10. I just made my first donation!

Thanks!

[HappyMe]

11. I'm glad she's running for governor.

I don't have a lot of funds for political campaigns, so I'm going to contribute to local stuff here in NY.

I do hope she wins.

[efhmc]

15. Thanks for helping any way you can.

[Liberal In Texas]

13. Abbott has already raised $18M.

It's going to take outside help to get her elected. And I hope the national Democratic party does more than they usually do in Texas elections.

[efhmc]

16. All of us have sent lots of money to other areas of the country.

Maybe now we can get some help.

[WolverineDG]

20. Don't hold your breath

It would be nice to see $ flowing in, but I doubt it.

[UTUSN]

22. Tony SANCHEZ spent $30M of his own loot & lost. That said, agree with your message. n/t

[Gothmog]

28. Tony Sanchez was the subject of some racist attacks and some carryover from Sept. 11

I remember the 2002 campaign very well. Kirk Watson is a classmate and was running for attorney general. In 2002, Rove and company was still using Sept. 11 to generate votes for the GOP. Remember, Saxby Chambliss was able to defeat a true war hero by claiming that the Democrat was not strong on defense. Rove was pushing a number of attacks using Sept. 11 to justify people not changing course.

In Texas, Sanchez was accused or linked to money laundering and/or drugs due to the fact that he owned a bank. The GOP was very good at stoking both racial resentment/fears and using the fact that Sanchez was from a border county to imply that he was involved in drugs. There were no merit to these rumors but that did not matter. Perry ran a very dirty campaign and was able to get by with it.

I do not think that the same tactics will work this time. Abbott has a habit of stepping into messes and some of his or his supporters statements such as "retard barbie", "abortion barbie" and the claim that as a woman Senator Davis is too stupid to be governor can be used to motivate the woman vote. Women are a majority of the voters in Texas and I think that Senator Davis will be able to build on Abbott's stupidity to build up a gender gap.

[UTUSN]

29. Well, the *exact* "same tactics" can't apply to DAVIS as to him. They will find ones for DAVIS.

SANCHEZ was a non-typical Hispanic, was a crony of Shrub's, running as a Dem on the gambit that Mexican-Americans would turn out to VOTE (as opposed to how they DON'T VOTE, except for KENNEDYs, LBJ, & CLINTON) just because of his ethnicity, plus his $30M.

The reliable VOTING block in TX is the elderly White wingnuts, who could use their racism on SANCHEZ despite his being fairly much one of their own errand boys. In DAVIS's case, they can substitute her being a WOMAN instead of the Hispanic ethnicity to attack, plus her pro-Choice activism. Yeah, perhaps ABBOTT's stepping on his own anatomy might be a plus.

I'm just saying that the wingnuts will not be at a loss to find tactics to use specifically tailored for her.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

17. Vote for Wendy Davis based on .... what?

Serious question...

Based on her filibuster? Or just that she's a Democrat?

What are her accomplishments and/or qualifications to run a state as large as my Texas?

Did anyone even know who Wendy Davis was before her famous filibuster?

[whttevrr]

18. You mean what does Wendy Davis Stand For?

equal pay for women
vital education funding
voting rights
graduated with honors from Harvard Law School
authored “Texas Jobs First” legislation
sponsored the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
sponsored legislation to make government more accountable to taxpayers
fought to restore $5.4 billion in education cuts
protected the Veterans' Assistance Fund from being used to fill budget gaps
has worked to stop legislation restricting women’s access to healthcare
authored and collaborated to pass a bill to address the backlog of more than 23,000 untested rape kits on across the state

[efhmc]

32. I love your response.

Thanks for putting the info out there.

[whttevrr]

41. {:oP

[UTUSN]

40. Besides that #18 listed excellent reasons, yours ("her filibuster" and "just that she's a Dem") are

good enough, too.

[seabeyond]

23. I put in mine yesterday. Looking forward to the campaign. I am so getting out there

In this one.

[efhmc]

31. Contributing on line directly to her Day of Action

$407,292 so far. Looking for $500,000 today.

[derby378]

33. Wendy Davis shook my hand last year...

...at the Texas Democratic Party state convention in Houston. She had popped in to give a quick speech to the Gun Owners Caucus. I had never heard of her before, but she had a winning smile and great presence, and she was already starting to make a name for herself whether I was aware of it or not.

Wendy's a streetfighter, and that's exactly who we need to go up against the GOP establishment in Texas.

[efhmc]

34. Money and boots on the ground will make a difference.

Organize and pitch in what you can. We need to answer all the evil info that is already being circulated by the haters

[Avalux]

35. Go Wendy! I donated as soon as she announced yesterday -

and signed up to work for her campaign. I live in San Antonio and can't wait to, as you say - "reclaim our state from the crazies"!

[efhmc]

38. Go SA. One of the greatest places in Texas!!!

I lived there many, many years ago when my older daughter was 2. About 18 years later she went to law school there.

[Kaleva]

36. Bookmarked

I may have some dollars to donate later this month.

[efhmc]

39. We all thank you.

[whttevrr]

42. kick

[efhmc]

43. Thanks. Love the kicking donkey.

[whttevrr]

44. No problem...

Does it still kick after 2 days?

[Kaleva]

45. Donated just a few minutes ago

SSDI came in and after making out this month's budget, figured I had $10 to donate. Not as much as I wished but the quarterly premium for home owners insurance is due this month and that pretty much wipes out what disposable income I had for October.

[whttevrr]

46. That's awesome.

I hope she wins.

[whttevrr]

47. .

[efhmc]

48. Having a fund raiser at my house on Nov. 16 (a Wurstfest).

If you are in the Central Texas area come for German beer, sausage, sauerkraut, brötchen (fancy word for hard rolls ) potato salad, slaw, etc or just send cash. We are not the big money people but we are the true Texas people working to take back our state.

[whttevrr]

49. I'm on the West Coast...

But I still care about what happens elsewhere.

I hope Texas Prevails!

[efhmc]

50. Can always post on DU Texas and send people our way.

But thank you for your good vibes and remember to thank your lucky stars you are in the wonderful progressive state of California.

[whttevrr]

53. Every day...

I can count on one hand the number of obnoxious Republicans I have to deal with in my daily life. But, for the most part, everyone around me is average progressive. I think people are too self absorbed here to care about what others are or are not doing...

[Firebrand Gary]

51. You got it! I'm in and donating!

[efhmc]

52. Love and kisses and many thanks!!!