Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis: ‘I would be lying’ to deny aspiration for higher office
Speaking to MSNBC host Chris Hayes on Wednesday, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis (D) was directly confronted on whether or not she plans to run for governor. She replied: “You know, I would be lying if I told you I hadn’t had aspirations.”
The first inklings that Democrats may be ready to throw their weight behind a Davis bid for the state’s highest office came the night of her 11-hour filibuster, when Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa told Raw Story that if she runs, “she’d probably get elected governor, or whatever other office she wants to run for.”
Her filibuster captured the attention of the political establishment hours after Hinojosa made those comments, and the sudden rush of support for Davis on the Internet even got President Barack Obama watching.
That’s especially meaningful given the national Democratic Party’s plans to turn Texas into the ultimate swing state by 2016, if not sooner. Texas Democrats have long believed this shift would happen purely due to growth in the Latino community and their tendency to vote against Republicans — an ominous trend the state’s GOP continues to encourage. But if the 2012 presidential election showed anything, it’s that the rainbow coalition of minorities, women, LGBT people and working families is enough to overcome the conservative establishment.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/27/texas-state-sen-wendy-davis-i-would-by-lying-to-deny-aspiration-for-higher-office/
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