Wow! The Hill's Brent Budowsky makes bold claim about Bill White!

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"In the political futures market, I’ll take the points and bet Democrat Bill White is elected the next governor of Texas. White’s challenge to incumbent Gov. Rick Perry (R) makes Texas a big state to watch in 2010."

Read his blog entry here: http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/brent-budowsky/95717-bill-white-no-nonsense

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1. Hey I want in on that bet

Our nutty governor, Rick Perry said the oil spill was an act of God. I'm not sure what God Perry worships but I don't think a just God goes around killing people and causing destruction on a whim.

Houston Press 5/3/10
Rick Perry Blames God For Gulf Oil Spill
A lot of people are quick to blame BP, or the people who put together the oil rig that is currently spewing black gold into the Gulf of Mexico, but Rick Perry -- the only governor we have at the moment -- knows better.

Speaking at a Washington conference today, Perry was eager to stop any of that tree-hugging talk that would argue a simple huge, gigantic oil-rig disaster should stop anyone from drilling in the Gulf.

Perry said that the accident "could be an act of God," Politico reports, thereby being the first Gulf governor to squarely put the blame where it belongs -- not on the oil industry, but on Yahweh.

This disaster was man-made. (I mean corporate man - Halliburton and BP and all the oil industry)

Perry is looking more like Sarah Palin every day. :crazy:

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2. Even Perry lover Burka thinks Perry is nuts on this one

Burka Blog 5/4/10
Is the BP disaster an act of God?

That was a weird comment for the governor to make. He can’t possibly substantiate his statement. Is he so anti-litigation that he is trying to protect the perpetrators? In any event, Black’s Law Dictionary defines an act of God as "An act occasioned exclusively by violence of nature without the interference of any human agency." It is hard to imagine how the explosion and resulting oil spill could qualify as an act of God. The drilling and operation of a well is most definitely the result of human agency. What kind of act of God could have caused the explosion? An undersea volcano? An as-yet undetected earthquake? No one has suggested that there is any cause for the oil spill rather than the obvious one — human negligence.

Perry’s concern appears to be that the spill will provide an opportunity for environmental groups to demand that the Obama administration reverse its decision to allow offshore drilling, or to impose a ban on all offshore drilling. It goes without saying that any such decision would have a major impact on the state’s fiscal situation

So Perry is willing to blame God to protect his oil buddies - plain and simple. If he will sell out God for a quick buck, none of us should expect anything resembling justice from him - unless you can buy it.
:shrug:

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3. Everytime a DKOS poll comes out, White is a few points closer!

We can do it! :patriot:

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4. Yes we can!

I hope the anti-immigrant hate rhetoric from the right keeps boiling because we need Latinos to vote and to abandon the Texas republican party in droves!

Plus White is playing a wider field - going for moderate Republicans while Perry keeps boxing himself in a smaller and smaller corner.

DMN 4/30/10
Winning over GOP is Bill White's grand old plan in Texas governor's race

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Yet Perry's hard push to the right also gives White an opportunity to woo moderate voters who aren't as concerned about social or states' rights issues but fear Texas is headed in the wrong direction.

"We have a governor who is more of a protester for the far right wing than somebody who tries to represent all the people of this state," White said at a recent Dallas campaign stop.

Perry and his campaign aides express confidence that the vast majority of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents will back the governor for a third full term. Democrats counter that nearly half of Republicans voted for someone other than Perry in the March GOP primary.

And White, a former Houston mayor, has been courting Republicans aggressively. A recent campaign swing through Dallas included meetings with GOP business leaders and potential donors. Last weekend, he campaigned in the Republican strongholds of Sweetwater and Abilene, where he discussed energy issues.

A smattering of Republicans across the state is with White, including some well-known friends of vanquished Perry rival Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Slowly but surely we can win this race! And it helps to hand Perry some more rope too!

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5. I'm cautiously encouraged.

I've seen 2 online articles about Bill White (from the local Dallas ABC and CBS affiliate) and both have been factual and show White in a good light. I hope the coverage stays like that.