Texas Megathread

[NickCT]

Wow.  If this ad isn't effective, I don't know what is... Click here.

[Indy Texas]

Wow.  If this ad isn't effective, I don't know what is... Click here.

Won't make a difference. It's already common knowledge that the GOP doesn't view rape victims - or victims of anything else, for that matter - as worthy of sympathy or justice. Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock reminded us all of that.

[Flake]

Wow.  If this ad isn't effective, I don't know what is... Click here.

Wow. That was a great ad.

[Indy Texas]

The Chronicle said the ad was not good. I think it violated some rule. It's already out though, but Davis really has no chance.

There are very few rules in state-level political races in Texas.

[Pandaguineapig]

Wow.  If this ad isn't effective, I don't know what is... Click here.

Very emotional but it oversimplifies complex constitutional issues to appeal to the lowest common denominator similar to "death panels"

[Indy Texas]

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Very emotional but it oversimplifies complex constitutional issues to appeal to the lowest common denominator similar to "death panels"

Death panels won the Republicans a lot of House and Senate seats in 2010.

[Simfan34]

Until I saw that ad I had no idea Abbott was in a wheelchair.

[Indy Texas]

Until I saw that ad I had no idea Abbott was in a wheelchair.

He opposes the ADA, so maybe he has no idea he's in one either.

[Indy Texas]

For the second time in a row, there will be no statewide televised gubernatorial debate in Texas.

Greg Abbott is backing out of his prior agreement to appear in a debate with Wendy Davis at the end of September.

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Outgoing state senator John Carona (R-Dallas) was critical of Abbott's decision:

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[Miles]

My hat is off to Abbott: This is one of my favorite ads of this cycle.

[SteveRogers]

For the second time in a row, there will be no statewide televised gubernatorial debate in Texas.

Greg Abbott is backing out of his prior agreement to appear in a debate with Wendy Davis at the end of September.

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Outgoing state senator John Carona (R-Dallas) was critical of Abbott's decision:

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This is utterly despicable. He's not even going to justify this with some BS pretense like Perry did against White ("I'll only debate if you release all of your tax returns from forever"). He's just going to straight up refuse to debate. I challenge any Republican to defend that course of action.

[badgate]

He'd been working with a debate coach for over a month, and the coach reversed his campaign's earlier decision to do the roundtable format (the debate between Sadler and Cruz in 2012 was this format). However he then agreed to a debate hosted by other stations on the same day, with a very rigid format that includes timed responses. After WFAA-the hosts of the roundtable debate-decided to no longer pursue a debate (and gave Abbott some very negative coverage), Davis has agreed to the alternate debate.

[Indy Texas]

My hat is off to Abbott: This is one of my favorite ads of this cycle.

Pointing out that he's not merely a former judge who opposes the ADA, but that he's a former judge who opposes the ADA while being a cripple himself?

[Kushahontas]

What a stupid message. Those poors in the valley and inner-city Metroplex just aren't pushing themselves hard enough, of course.


There was probably also an elevator in that garage.

[Indy Texas]

And now we get to spend these last weeks of campaign season discussing Wendy Davis' elective abortion.

[Pandaguineapig]

If there was any doubt Davis was doing this as a way to springboard to the head of some feminazi organization.........

[KCDem]

If there was any doubt Davis was doing this as a way to springboard to the head of some feminazi organization.........

Leave now

[Pandaguineapig]

If there was any doubt Davis was doing this as a way to springboard to the head of some feminazi organization.........

Leave now

You're sarcasm detector is failing you

[Mister Mets]

Until I saw that ad I had no idea Abbott was in a wheelchair.

This is one thing that makes the attention Davis has got a little bit strange.

Abbot has a compelling story (arguably more so since it's rarer for someone paralyzed to run for Governor), and he's much more likely to win.

[Indy Texas]

If there was any doubt Davis was doing this as a way to springboard to the head of some feminazi organization.........

She is seriously pissing me off at this point. We all knew she wasn't going to win anyway, but at this point she's just blatantly using this campaign, its resources and its donors as a platform for self-promotion. Her decision to release her memoir this month is great for her, but it's idiotic from a campaign standpoint - it just gives Abbott an entire book to pick apart and criticize her on if he so chooses.

She's starting to resemble a better-educated, blonde version of Sarah Palin.

[Pandaguineapig]

If there was any doubt Davis was doing this as a way to springboard to the head of some feminazi organization.........

She is seriously pissing me off at this point. We all knew she wasn't going to win anyway, but at this point she's just blatantly using this campaign, its resources and its donors as a platform for self-promotion. Her decision to release her memoir this month is great for her, but it's idiotic from a campaign standpoint - it just gives Abbott an entire book to pick apart and criticize her on if he so chooses.

She's starting to resemble a better-educated, blonde version of Sarah Palin.

I was being somewhat sarcastic, but yeah at this point she's auditioning for a job as a special reporter on Rachel Maddow's show

[Grumpier Than Thou]

And now we get to spend these last weeks of campaign season discussing Wendy Davis' elective abortion.

Was just about to post this. Obviously she wasn't going to win, but it could have at least been somewhat close. Still, very sad that she had to make that decision.

[Mister Mets]

And now we get to spend these last weeks of campaign season discussing Wendy Davis' elective abortion.

Was just about to post this. Obviously she wasn't going to win, but it could have at least been somewhat close. Still, very sad that she had to make that decision.

I'm not sure on that point.

The parts of the book that have got the most attention (terminations of pregnancies for health reasons) are part of the public record. She's down enough in the polls that it could be worth trying to bait Republicans into saying something stupid.

[Indy Texas]

And now we get to spend these last weeks of campaign season discussing Wendy Davis' elective abortion.

Was just about to post this. Obviously she wasn't going to win, but it could have at least been somewhat close. Still, very sad that she had to make that decision.

I'm not sure on that point.

The parts of the book that have got the most attention (terminations of pregnancies for health reasons) are part of the public record. She's down enough in the polls that it could be worth trying to bait Republicans into saying something stupid.

I never heard about her having an abortion before this. Whether or not someone had an abortion is certainly not a part of the public record.

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This is disturbing because it implies Davis viewed a second-trimester fetus as a person and, by extension, chose to commit murder by ending that person's life.

[Maxwell]

That last part is pretty awful, but I don't think this does too much to the race - It hardens pro-lifers opposition, but they already were going to vote against her anyways.