but Mayor Anise Parker's actions to subpoena the churches have riled up A LOT of folks around here. I think voter turn is going to be heavier on the republican side than it would have been otherwise.

Everyone knew, or should have, that Wendy Davis had a huge uphill battle to beat the republican. Texas is as right wing as any state. If the candidate has the R next to his or her name, he or she could be a child abuser and still beat most Democrats there.

Your compliant puzzles me.

On Texas? When? I don't recall anyone even saying she'd be competitive. Whoever said it does not know Texas and probably doesn't even live here.

Actually nobody promised anything remotely close to that. She'll be lucky to get 43% of the vote.

I dont expect any significant movement until at best the week before the election.

I've got a couple links for you.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024808586

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025082703#post33

Here's a thread bemoaning the Democratic Governor's association not supporting Wendy, many replies make it sound like she had a real valid chance.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024886967

Need I continue?

But those posts are pretty much spot on. 42-43% for her is very best case. It'll take 45-47% to win.

That would be the best any Dem has done in over 30 years.

You may want to look at my profile for my member since info.

I don't know what state you live in, but it's tough for people in one state to influence voters in another. About the only thing you can do is to send money to the campaign. Have you done that?

This is a huge uphill battle since the beginning.

Don't wait. Get off your butt and GOTV.

is showing again.

"We were promised that she was..."

Who promised you this? 'We continue to wait...'

are you referring to? I don't remember ever hearing any or reading about them.

It was never going to happen. But you have to give it to her, she is throwing the kitchen sink at Abbott.

Despite the hype surrounding Texas Democrat Wendy Davis’s run for governor, the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association didn’t include her state in a list of top targets in 2014.

Ms. Davis, a state senator, gained national acclaim for filibustering a bill last year that increased regulation of abortion clinics and banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Polls show Republican nominee Greg Abbott with a double-digit lead in the state, which hasn’t elected a Democrat since 1994.

“We’re hopeful in Texas but we all understand that Democrats haven’t won Texas in a long time,” DGA Chairman and Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin told reporters Tuesday at the Third Way think tank. He added, “We hope this will be our year.” http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/04/29/wendy-daviss-race-in-texas-isnt-a-top-target-for-dga/

If somebody promised you this, they didn't know what they were talking about.
This is n TX after all.

...with some more movement of Hispanic voters she might have been competitive in 2018. Not this year.

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