So according to the msm in this country, the little rw wimp Cruz has already

[efhmc]

been elected as Texas' next repug senator. They never mention the Democratic nominee's name; even on the nonfaux stations; major news media or local papers. Do any of you know who the Texas Democratic candidate is, what he represents, where one can donate to him and why he might actually have a chance to overcome the repug's throwback to the 50's? We seem to not ever get any help to make the changes that might happen with just a modicum of enthusiasm and help from our fellow Democrats.
BTW, here is our Democratic candidate's website: http://sadlerforsenate.com/.

[efhmc]

1. I knew this would not get any responses.

No one cares or see this as important.

[Paladin]

4. Cruz Reflects The Traits That DU Texas-Haters Want To See.

Don't expect much in the way of support, because it won't be forthcoming.......

[Skittles]

7. yes, because no responses in four minutes must mean complete APATHY!!!

[efhmc]

28. Okay, granted a little paranoid. My local rw paper headlines the repug runoff

winners as headlines but no mention of the Dems, as thought they do not exist. Perfectly understandable here in this crazy rw small town, but then I listen to xm left and they mention cruz (a little creepy wimp who went to private school with my daughter in Houston) and act as though our Dem candidate is not even on board as a possibility. Came on DU and there is almost the same exact scenario.

[w8liftinglady]

30. LOL... That wouldn't be the Dallas Morning News,would it?

[efhmc]

39. Gail Lowe is on the the TSBOE and her rw creepazod husband runs the paper here.

This is what regular folks have to content with here and we get repeatedly smarmy comments from out of state people who do not have a clue what the battle on the ground is really about.

[w8liftinglady]

44. Ahhhh.. THAT would be The Ellis County Press.

My lil ol hometown paper....red nazi hell.

[Skittles]

32. the Dems don't exist in great areas of Texas

and don't tell me off - I've lived here for 36 years....it's not like the Dallas Whoring News will set them straight

[w8liftinglady]

33. LOL..I know...I live in Ellis County.

we're trying!

[Skittles]

35. yup

it is indeed a mistake to write off Texas as red - underneath the heavy teabagging propaganda there are lot of fine Democrats!!

[efhmc]

42. Thank you!!! Hang in there. I think there are so many more of us than anyone knows.

We just need to not give up and find one another,

[w8liftinglady]

9. I am active on the Dallas Morning News blog

and have held them to task for printing 406 articles/editorials about Cruz,and 72 about sadler...many of Them sharing the space with Cruz.

Here in red Hell,we're calling it media cruzgasms with a koch behind them.

Ok...we need to get out more

[efhmc]

34. I am a rosy optimist, I still believe that most people want to do what's right.

This means printing the truth, no matter whom it harms; supporting the needs of humans over corporations; helping those who are weaker than we are, and striving to support those of us who need help and love to get through this life.

[MrSlayer]

2. Yeah, it's pretty much automatic there.

I think a Republican candidate could be an open Klansman and still be elected overwhelmingly in Texas.

[efhmc]

3. Wow. You just proved my point.

That is a a stupid and bigoted response but what I expect here on DU on anything about my state.

[freshwest]

8. I'm from Texas and grieve with you about what's happening there.

Don't broadbrush, please.

[efhmc]

43. Know what that broadbrushing does and it's not good.

Sorry, did not mean to do that.

[MrSlayer]

10. Well, when stupid bigots stop voting in the majority there, I might think differently.

I am neither stupid nor bigoted. I'm also not blind.

That teabagger asshole is going to win in a walk.

Sorry Tex, that's the current reality.

[efhmc]

17. The problem with your "analysis" is that it gives no hope or challenge for the

future. It means that we are stuck and should accept out fate and just not try to ever change or grow or try to make any changes. If women, native Americans, African Americans, gay people, etc. had heeded your advice, I shuttered to think where our country would be. I hope you have a great time pigeon holing huge groups of people. 3,521,164 Texan voted for our president in '08. In about 3/4 of the states that would have be a majority for the electoriatal college to give a state majority.

[MrSlayer]

37. I'm not saying to give up.

Just that right now things are what they are. Texas will be purple next time and will eventually be blue but right now you are kind of stuck with these assholes. Keep registering people, keep fighting because it will turn around. Just not this year.

And it isn't prejudice against your state, my state is filled with the same kind of assholes. 2010 was a disaster for PA. Teabaggers across the board. They are devastating the place.

[w8liftinglady]

38. the really frustrating thing here

as I walk and talk....there are a LOT of people who benefit from the State and federal programs...medicare,medicaid,snap...but they see the cross,and it stops right there.

Ellis county is BAD for that.88% Republican in 2008.

[efhmc]

45. I really think that there are many of out there, but we feel

so alone because we think we have no one with whom to communicate. If we would connect with one another, we could make enormous changes.

[Tx4obama]

5. There are other DU threads regarding this. See the links below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021078215

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021067434

and a lot of other DU OPs too from last week.

Since there are 'other' threads that might be why your thread didn't get a lot of response. It does not mean that no one cares

[sadbear]

6. All Cruz has to do now is go on vacation until November.

The only way Paul Sadler has a chance is if Cruz decides to actually campaign, and heaven forbid, participate in debates.

[Bucky]

15. Yay! Another 50 state strategy supporter!

I'm in Texas. Quit bumming me out.

[w8liftinglady]

16. I'm not quitting on this one

Not the freaking Senate.

[sadbear]

40. I'm in Texas, too.

The path to victory is clear for Cruz. All he has to do is be a chickenshit teabagger and no one that matters will call him out. Sadler's going be bald by the end of this by pulling out all his hair in frustration of simply being ignored by the Cruz campaign (and the media as well.)

I used to think the media always wanted a close race, it being good for ratings and circulation. Not here in Texas though. Maybe I'll take that back. Maybe Texans are just too stupid to pay attention and look beyond that (R) after Cruz's name.

Here's hoping Sadler and his supporters, me included, can kick every Texan in the pants this year.

[w8liftinglady]

41. EVERY PLACE I go,I make sure folks are registered to vote.

You know... Tom Thumb,Dollar general (Hey,it's Ellis County).Lot's of lower middle class working stiffs here.Gotta get that vote out!

[chille1]

11. The M.S.M is when it comes down to it 1% Er's

Pandering is not being done just by the politicians, I have been increasingly frustrated by the so called liberal Media and the fact that they seem to be sound biting off of the conservative talking heads at least on there reporting they dont pretend when I watch M.S.N.B.C the majority of reporting expresses the right wing agenda not all of it but alot of it ,The conservative pundits, the the conservative shows ,using the conservative talking points to lead into story's. I dint know where to get the truth it perplexes me. and lastly when commentators are asked to come on and debate an issue ,For the most part in the beginning you can sense there compassion into seeking out and being honest about the real story and soon as they get a contract there whole tune changes its pathetic I pray the voter isn't still making there minds up and looking to the Media to make there minds up thats all I'm saying.

[xtraxritical]

49. Don't over think it, stick with MSNBC and vote Democratic !

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. The media in Texas only mentions Sadler as an after thought too.

Which has a lot to do with why nothing in Texas is going to be changing anytime soon. Our Democrats are out spent and generally unpopular on a state-wide level. Both with the media and around 60% of the voters.

The only chance we really have is in district (the few that weren't gerrymandered) and local races in our blue cities and counties. Beyond that, they've been written off before they get out of the shoot.

[w8liftinglady]

14. Cruz is backed by a lot of out of state... including Koch Brothers

They have slammed the dallas news' editorial boards silent regarding Sadler.Cruz had THREE articles on either the news or opinion pages in today's paper.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

26. I saw a breakdown of the counties that went majority Dewhurst/Cruz

Cruz won by rallying the Teabaggers in our major cities and some of our blue counties. Our really rural, traditionally Republican strongholds went for Dewhurst.

I found this significant in that it showed how their money was spent. They focused on brining in just a certain percentage more voters in our urban areas, and they won.

We have a large, untapped Democratic leaning population in these areas. Most of them just don't feel as if their vote matters. Or they've been led to believe they aren't eligible to vote. We need to educate them. We need to get them motivated. If we could get the money, the media would follow. Sadly, no one is standing in line to give money to a Texas Democrat in the amounts which would make that type of difference.

Which brings us back to our present situation. Beaten before the elections. It's so frustrating!

[w8liftinglady]

27. I've gone to every mainstream and progressive media outlet

can you guys do it as well?I let them know about the dallas news media blackout.So far,Current tv is the only one who has reported it.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

31. Of course I'll help.

I have a connect in the Austin media I'll contact. PM me any details you can.

[uponit7771]

23. +1!

[riverwalker]

13. c'mon

lets help him out.
Sadler has only 648 Twitter followers, Cruz has over 27,000.

[ananda]

22. I'm number 649

following Paul Sadler.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

18. Well, this should be a pretty good test....

....of just how "blue" Texas supposedly secretly is.

I, for one, got sick of hearing "Cornyn is going down THIS TIME" or "Perry WILL NOT be re-elected". Texas has taken pride in electing assholes, and they look to outdo themselves this time.

[w8liftinglady]

21. Texas is gerrymandered to heck,and disenfranchised as well

No public Transportation in Most cities.Dept of motor vehicles too far to get to for people with no picture ID,hence no drivers license. ... and the media.

[ananda]

19. That's how the media is here in Texas.

It's as though the Dems aren't even running here.

[RussBLib]

20. Sadler's DONATE button is "under construction"

...not a good way to start a campaign. As a Texan, I'm going to get out and work for his campaign.

[w8liftinglady]

25. nah...I've donated a few times already... routine maintainence

[w8liftinglady]

24. Paul Sadler... repeat after me

Let one person per day know he is running for Senate...and he is VERY pro education

[efhmc]

46. Well, I am a precinct chair, surely I can let many/some let him know why they should

vote for Sadler.

[w8liftinglady]

29. Sadler at The Texas Democratic Convention

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gY8k24MOEyg

[w8liftinglady]

36. why Sadler left the State Senate

In addition to his duties as Chairman of Public Education, Sadler was named Chairman of the Select Committee on Teacher Health Insurance during the 77th Legislative Session. Chairman Sadler’s youngest son was critically injured in an automobile accident in February of that session; his remarkable recovery allowed Chairman Sadler to conclude his work on Public School Employee Health Insurance. However, after passage of the Health Insurance plan, Sadler announced his decision to retire to be with his son, who underwent almost two years of therapy before his recovery was complete.

http://www.austintxattorney.net/about_us.html

[southmost]

47. I've lost hope here for this state as well

I'm voting straight democratic ticket as well, but seems hopeless

[efhmc]

48. I hear what you are saying but know that we are here and we are

strong and proud and that we will never give up changing wrong from right.