-- The blue worm is turning for Bob.
Yes, one point. Yes, kos getting all giddy. Go ahead and read the replies for a sense of what's happening on the ground, and try to ignore the consultants, wannabe consultants, and associated "Ahmanexpurt" pundificating.
(I'm surprised Kuffner is so slow on this. Just the other day he said he wasn't buying that the race was close and that he'd need to see a poll with O'Rourke in the lead. He should eventually resemble some eagerness once he finishes with campaign finance reports, I guess. I have to say it again: that blog is a shell of its former small-handed, pear-shaped, obsessive-compulsive, number-nerdy self. Which is to say it is still all of those things, just completely unreadable now.)
Texas Democrats fell in love with Bob early on, and are now so frenzied with Betomania they're about to leave a wet spot on their chairs. Yes, that is as disgusting as it sounds.
He's rolling out positive TV ads, he's already spending more on Facebook than anyone except Trump, and the debates are coming. The race will be much closer than I thought just a few weeks ago.
-- Nancy Pelosi is in town again today, with SJL and Congresswoman-in-waiting Sylvia Garcia.
Keep an eye out for other local Congressional hopefuls who might be in attendance, like Dayna Steele, Mike Seigel, and Sri Preston Kulkarni. These are the Dems who have presented themselves as progressives, and could be more likely to join the 50 others (including 9 incumbents, list here) who say they will not support Pelosi for Speaker should the Ds take back the House.
On the other hand, expect to see Blue Dogs like Todd Litton and incumbent Al Green. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, in avoiding giving John Culberson a cudgel to hit her with, refuses to say whether or not she will support Pelosi; so do Texas Democrats Colin Allred, Adrienne Bell, Gina Ortiz Jones, and MJ Hegar. Steven David (the sacrificial lamb for House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady), who desperately needs some publicity of any kind, ought to show up.
There will be a ton of local candidates, judicials, and perhaps a few statewides as well. Attendance and the Tweeting of photos can be inferred as endorsements. "Make of that what you will."
Update: No noteworthy sight-ems. This, though.
-- Last, Michael Avenatti, better known as Stormy Daniels' lawyer, was in H-Town yesterday.
A lot more about the child's case he argued at the link. I join the opinion that the mainstream media is doing the same favor for Avenatti that they did for Trump about four years ago.
Holy shit, @civiqs now has @BetoORourke taking the smallest lead over Ted Cruz. pic.twitter.com/hZCrHkOQ0k— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) August 13, 2018
Yes, one point. Yes, kos getting all giddy. Go ahead and read the replies for a sense of what's happening on the ground, and try to ignore the consultants, wannabe consultants, and associated "Ahmanexpurt" pundificating.
(I'm surprised Kuffner is so slow on this. Just the other day he said he wasn't buying that the race was close and that he'd need to see a poll with O'Rourke in the lead. He should eventually resemble some eagerness once he finishes with campaign finance reports, I guess. I have to say it again: that blog is a shell of its former small-handed, pear-shaped, obsessive-compulsive, number-nerdy self. Which is to say it is still all of those things, just completely unreadable now.)
Texas Democrats fell in love with Bob early on, and are now so frenzied with Betomania they're about to leave a wet spot on their chairs. Yes, that is as disgusting as it sounds.
He's rolling out positive TV ads, he's already spending more on Facebook than anyone except Trump, and the debates are coming. The race will be much closer than I thought just a few weeks ago.
-- Nancy Pelosi is in town again today, with SJL and Congresswoman-in-waiting Sylvia Garcia.
Pelosi and Jackson Lee will participate in an event organized by Jackson Lee called the Mom’s Summit. That event starts at 10 a.m. at the Houston Community College central campus at 1300 Holman Street. Later, Pelosi attends a town hall meeting with Garcia’s campaign that is focused on immigration, gun violence and health care. That event is at 2 p.m. at Talento Bilingue, 333 S. Jensen Drive, Houston.
Keep an eye out for other local Congressional hopefuls who might be in attendance, like Dayna Steele, Mike Seigel, and Sri Preston Kulkarni. These are the Dems who have presented themselves as progressives, and could be more likely to join the 50 others (including 9 incumbents, list here) who say they will not support Pelosi for Speaker should the Ds take back the House.
On the other hand, expect to see Blue Dogs like Todd Litton and incumbent Al Green. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, in avoiding giving John Culberson a cudgel to hit her with, refuses to say whether or not she will support Pelosi; so do Texas Democrats Colin Allred, Adrienne Bell, Gina Ortiz Jones, and MJ Hegar. Steven David (the sacrificial lamb for House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady), who desperately needs some publicity of any kind, ought to show up.
There will be a ton of local candidates, judicials, and perhaps a few statewides as well. Attendance and the Tweeting of photos can be inferred as endorsements. "Make of that what you will."
Update: No noteworthy sight-ems. This, though.
While Pelosi had no public events with Fletcher or Democrat Todd Litton, who is running in the 2nd Congressional District in northern and northeastern Harris County, she cited them as two of the best chances Democrats have of picking up Republican-held seats around Houston in the November elections.
Republican Congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw, who is running against Litton, said he has no worries about Pelosi coming in to help his opponent, to whom she contributed $7,000 earlier this year. Litton previously picked up campaign donations from Pelosi, the California Democrat who hopes to become Speaker of the House again in 2019 if Democrats win back control of the U.S. House. Crenshaw said instead of being worried about Pelosi’s influence, he’s hoping it will fire up his supporters.
-- Last, Michael Avenatti, better known as Stormy Daniels' lawyer, was in H-Town yesterday.
Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti, who gained national fame for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, appeared in a Houston immigration court Tuesday to reunify a 9-year-old immigrant boy with his mother, who had been deported to Guatemala.
The attorney and cable TV fixture visited early-voting Iowa over the weekend after announcing a potential presidential bid. In Houston, he urged the goverment to immediately release Anthony Tobar Ortiz so that he could return to Central America with Avenatti that same day.
A lot more about the child's case he argued at the link. I join the opinion that the mainstream media is doing the same favor for Avenatti that they did for Trump about four years ago.
