Retired Iraq War General Steps Up For Dems In Texas Senate Race

[sasha031]

Democrats have finally found their man to run for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas.
Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo, the former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, announced today that he will run for the open seat, currently held by retiring Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson.
Sanchez' centrist, military background gives Democrats a credible candidate in deep red Texas. Democratic strategists hope that the Hispanic military commander will help the party tap the state's growing Latino base.

Many political analysts think Democrats have a bad case of wishful thinking. The party has said before that it can compete in Texas by mobilizing minority voters, but has yet to produce results in an election. The last Democrat to win a statewide race in Texas was former Gov. Ann Richards in 1990.

Republicans appeared unfazed by Sanchez' potential threat:
"We’ll leave it to national Democrats to crow about their latest hand-picked candidate because as any observer of Texas politics knows, we’ve heard it all before and we have no doubt this seat will remain in Republican hands," National Republican Senate Committee communications director Brian Walsh said in a statement.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/retired-iraq-war-general-steps-up-for-dems-in-texas-senate-race-2011-5#ixzz1M4wuwHKj

[mopinko]

1. i hope he doesn't turn out to be another "fighting dem"

like they branded the half dozen or so vets that ran in '04. they either didn't fight for anything, or had histories of bar room brawls, etc.
but here is to hope, anyway. :toast: