Is Medina finished?

[jimrtex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SxWWVfIlYI

This is a more complete version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQuTEF9ba2s

The curious thing is I had earlier got a recorded phone call from "Friends of Kay" that had a sound-bit snippet from Beck's show where he was knocking Perry.

[jimrtex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SxWWVfIlYI

This is a more complete version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQuTEF9ba2s

The curious thing is I had earlier got a recorded phone call from "Friends of Kay" that had a sound-bit snippet from Beck's show where he was knocking Perry.

Is Kay not running the worst campaign ever?

The problem is that the substance of her campaign is that she's a women, her g-g-g-g-g-father was at San Jacinto, and that she delivers the pork.  It limits you to running commercials with platitudes.  And while pork-barrel may be good for a legislator, it doesn't make for a good qualification as governor unless you are running as a populist spender.

[jimrtex]

her g-g-g-g-g-father was at San Jacinto

Did the last five generations of her family reproduce at 15 or something?  1836 isn't that many generations back for a 60+ year old.

Exaggerated Her g-g-grandfather (4 generations) Charles Stanfield Taylor was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.  As it turns out that is 34.25 years per generation.  He was born in 1808 and she in 1943.  The linkage is entirely through the female line, except for Taylor.

[jimrtex]

Can she come back from that embarrassing misstep on Glenn Beck's show of all places? Or will she fail miserably in the primary?

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=7272553

[jimrtex]

Can she come back from that embarrassing misstep on Glenn Beck's show of all places? Or will she fail miserably in the primary?

I think I figured out what happened.  Medina sued the Republican Party of Texas before the state convention in 2008, claiming that it was not following state law or party rules.  I'm guessing that it had to do with some credential fights related to Paul-ites taking over some county conventions.  Medina says that is what triggered her decision to run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ZC26KGb5I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMkoA9RNvQQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMV9rlWDENk&feature=video_response
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkyIkMfiNtM&feature=video_response

The lawsuit would have ruffled the party establishment, plus the Paul-ites would have wanted to debate various parts of the platform and some would have had some pretty out-there on all kinds of issues.  So you have all kinds of party establishment types, most who supported KBH or Perry who were willing to get some payback.

Linking her to Paul wouldn't be that effective.  After all, he is a Republican congressman from Texas, and beside that is Medina's congressman.

(lurid music, black and white picture of Paul) Ron Paul voted against the bank bailout and the stimulus package and every tax bill ever proposed.  Now his supporter, Debra Medina (zoom out on picture to show Medina standing next to Paul) wants to be our governor.  Do we want someone who is opposed to the bank bailout and the stimulus package and wants to get rid of the property tax to be our next governor?

Linking her to the lawsuit would be too inside baseball, and would give her too of an opportunity to explain the issue in her terms and with her passion.