Delay's Redistricting Fight Takes Toll on Texas Gov Perry's Ratings

[NJCher]

The backlash begins. From the Houston Chronicle:

<snip> Controversial budget cuts and the bitter congressional redistricting battle apparently have turned Rick Perry into the most unpopular Texas governor in 14 years, according to a poll released Friday.

Half the 1,000 Texans surveyed in the latest Scripps Howard Texas Poll said they disapprove of the job Perry is doing as governor. Just 40 percent gave Perry positive marks.

That marks the greatest level of dissatisfaction with a Texas governor since Republican Gov. Bill Clements' last year in office in 1990, when 59 percent of the Texans surveyed said he was doing a poor job.

<snip>In Perry's case, the slide seems to have been caused mostly by bitterness over three special sessions on congressional redistricting last year."The biggest event probably was the negative publicity surrounding redistricting, which was an ugly political fight," said Perry pollster Michael Baselice, who questioned the poll's accuracy. <snip>

It probably never occurred to Delay there will be any consequences to their actions. Note the tendency toward denial, which is evidenced in that latter observation by Baselice.

Read more at:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2435927


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[fearnobush]

1. Texas really wants to be Blue again.

Make Texas blue again.

[argyl]

5. We may not put it in the blue column,but we'll make it close.

xx

[UrbScotty]

2. Not surprised. (nt)

[seabeyond]

3. help me out here please

i saw that last nite. and another the men up here, when i the little woman dare to say something about their politicin, they are a little shamed faced in that redistriciting thing. they cant look me in the eye and then quickly dismiss and put me in my place, so with that............

what would it take to balance legally this out. what would we have to do state wide. everyone know it is dishonest.

[LynneSin]

4. Hopefully this backlash will spillover into the 2004 elections

:D

[leodem]

6. What areas of Texas or Conservative and what are Liberal

As somebody who was looking to relocated to Texas I was just wondering. I was really looking into Corpus Christi because it's on the coast and I love the beach atmosphere, but how are the people and politics of different areas. The only thing I've heard is that Austin leans to the left a little more than other places.

[Bridget Burke]

8. There are no totally pure enclaves...

Inhabited only by cool, groovy liberals. Just as there are no areas populated totally by Republicans.

Austin, as a university town, has a lot of the liberals whose parents could afford to send them to UT; many stayed. It also has a lot of rich, smug Republicans building great big houses on the lake or in the hills or in the neighborhoods formerly inhabited by starving students. Hey, Rick Perry lives there.

Generally, metropolitan areas tend to be more cosmopolitan & diverse than rural areas (although there are exceptions). I live in Houston--Sheila Jackson Lee is my representative. It's a giant city with people from all over & growing pains. Dallas & Fort Worth are part of the Metroplex, an even larger mass of people. Dallas, especially, has a reputation for being conservative; it also gets hotter than Houston in the summer (yow!). But some fine people live there.

San Antonio is large but quite charming, located in the Hill Country, with an interesting cultural mix. It's the city Texans visit for an in-state vacation.

I haven't spent much time in Corpus Christi but it's a city of manageable size, with a fine coastal location. It's near the Valley (of the Rio Grande) which went for Gore in 2000. Maybe some DU'ers from the area have some details. If you're going to buy a home--in whatever city--don't commit yourself too soon. There are fine neighborhoods & suburban hellholes.

Come down for a visit & check it out.

[Castilleja]

11. Yes, come to Corpus!

It is not too big, and does have the beach plus a nice bayfront. To my eyes it is a small version of San Antonio in some ways, when I listen and read about the political goings on in SA, it is frequently similar to what is going on down here. It is also not as hot as San Antonio is. It has been traditionally fairly Democratic here, and I am not sure if that has shifted or not. Judging by the local talk radio whining, probably not quite yet. Not to mention that we can always use more Liberal open minded people down here!!!

[K-W]

7. When is Perry up for reelection?

Will this have an effect?

[NewJerseyDem]

9. 2006

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison might run for governor even if it means a primary with Perry so there could be a battle there. Democratic congressman Jim Turner is likely to run for senate or governor that year, probably whichever one the very popular Hutchison doesn't run for.

[Hippo_Tron]

10. I don't think we'll turn Texas blue for national elections anytime soon

But it would be awesome if we could get a democratic governor there.