Reuters and The New York Times have both had paradigm shifts in their coverage of the gubernatorial campaign of Wendy Davis. From early stories that seemed intoxicated with the soaring hopes of the Texas Democrat, the tone has shifted to one that faces the reality of Davis’s poll numbers and can’t help wondering, “Is she really cut out for this?”
The New York Times article titled “For Wendy Davis, Filibuster Only Goes So Far in Race to Be Governor of Texas” wrestles with this very question. Author Manny Fernandez spoke with campaign insiders who, while putting a brave face on it, mostly agreed that a certain energy has left the fight.
Bill Miller, an Austin lobbyist, described by the Times as a friend of Davis’s, put it this way:
She’s not doing as well as people had hoped, expected or wanted. I think there were unrealistic expectations. Most people didn’t know who she was until she stood up on that floor and did her filibuster. It’s like being shot out of a cannon in that situation. Nobody lives their life shot out of a cannon. It’s a grind. She’s grinding.
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Election Night Dumpster Wendy
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The worship of human death and destruction is what defines progressivism. When they are not involved in killing the physical being they are busily engaged in condemning as many souls to hell as they can.
Bloggers told them so a year ago. I can’t wait until they have their Global Warming epiphany. It’s grinding, too.
When does being able to talk, and talk, and talk make someone eligible for any kind of office?
I’m glad to see she’s still in the race. The more they spend, the more obama has to be on the campaign trail and not in the WH. October is going to be fun, what with all those begging letters I get to write “Bite Me” on from the DNC. (Wouldn’t you think if you’d gotten 8 years worth of that, you’d get a clue?)
Yeah, but the Davis campaign has ALWAYS been in big trouble, so this isn’t a revelation, it’s just the truth.
Extra extra
Davis aborts campaign
Looks like ol’ leftist Willie Nelson tagged the wrong team again.
Picking a candidate based on speeches or a filibuster will only result in a lousy candidate, or even worse, a lousy government.
Texans are going to stomp a mudhole in her scrawny Rhode Island ass in November.