unless we GOTV, and especially with regard to women and minorities, we will have trouble retaining

[Savannahmann]

19. Wendy Davis?

Seriously?

Wendy is back by double digits in every poll save one. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/governor/tx/texas_governor_abbott_vs_davis-3596.html But don't worry, I'm sure she'll lose well.

First, let me say her filibuster was admirable. What would have been better was someone to pull their brains out of their asses and use them. Under the law, a Doctor who is a trauma specialist in Houston visiting Dallas who views an accident can not offer more than basic first aide unless he has the privilege to admit a patient into a local hospital. His license to practice medicine in the state exists only where the local hospital is located. The legislation turned this man into an overqualified first aide volunteer outside his immediate vicinity.

No, we wouldn't use our brains. Instead we started the knee jerk response about the war on women. That has been used so often it is ignored by a vast majority of people. The phrase, and the meme is completely worn out, and we broke it out of the playbook again. Instead of doing things smart, we did them dumb and we lost. What were the odds that the Rethugs would hire someone with a brain?

Wendy's issue page, womens rights are way down on the list, after education, veterans, more education and programs for the children, because everyone loves children. Under that is immigration, if anyone bothers to read all the way down the list. http://www.wendydavistexas.com/issues/

Not one mention of the ACA on the issues page. NOT ONE. Because the ACA is a bad thing in Texas, if she embraces it, she's doomed. Yes, people like parts of it, but to get the part they like, they have to take the others they don't, and thus they side overwhelmingly in opposition to the ACA.

Wendy voted FOR permitting guns in cars on College Campus'. Yeah, because what we need are more guns around densely packed groups of young people. Most students aren't even old enough to own a gun, but that's fine, we'll let them keep them in their car. She did vote against CCW on campus, but in the car where the person would have to walk to their car to get it, well that's fine. That way someone can stand on a sidewalk and say here is a gun free zone, then stepping into the parking lot say here isn't a gun free zone.

http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/108093/wendy-davis/37/guns#.VAympPldVAo

Now, the question is what could Wendy do as Governor? She can't pardon anyone. She can't sign the State up for the ACA without the legislature going along. They won't. So even if there is some miracle and she wins, she will be a powerless figurehead who can do little but rubber stamp the Rethug agenda from the solid majority Rethug legislature. Is that the agenda you really want the Democrats to have?