Handicapping the race for mayor of Houston

[PDittie]

Some local inside political baseball FWIW.

http://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/2015/01/handicapping-race-for-mayor-of-houston.html

[kentauros]

1. Thanks for writng this up!

I'll have to spend more time tomorrow reading it, but such great info within

[PDittie]

2. YRW

[TexasTowelie]

3. You did an outstanding job with your writeup for the race.

I've never been an eligible voter in Houston, but your article would hold significant sway with me if I did live there.

[PDittie]

4. TY

Handicapping the race this early is sort of like predicting the Kentucky Derby winner (in May). Horse racing analogies aside, the HGLBT Caucus, one of the most influential groups in the city in municipal cycles, is already screening candidates for endorsement soon. See, the filing deadline isn't until August, but all of this early momentum is meant to marginalize all but the most "approved" contestants (identified by endorsement or by fundraising).

As The Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsberg has said: "Why should elections be determined by how much a candidate can spend and why should candidates spend most of their time these days raising the funds so that they will prevail in the next election?"

[PDittie]

5. New developments today from Garcia and Bell

http://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/2015/01/houston-mayoral-developments-garcia-bell.html