It is Monday, November 3, 2008. In less than 24 hours, the United States will have elected a new President and Texas will -- hopefully -- send Rick Noriega to the U.S. Senate as well as a host of new Texas legislators to Austin.
While we pause between the weekend's activities and tomorrow festivities, here is your Election Eve edition of the
Texas Progressive Alliance's weekly roundup.
Bradley from
North Texas Liberal lets us know that you should be careful not to lose your vote if you have to use an electronic voting machine,
like TV personality Oprah Winfrey almost did.
jobsanger believes an avalanche of new voters could produce some surprises on Election Day, including the possibility that
Georgia will turn blue, and even though an amazing
23% of Texans think Obama is muslim, a huge turnout in the urban areas and South Texas could produce some surprises in Texas. E
arly voting totals show this is happening.
Justin at
AAA-Fund Blog is glad that 60% of Asian Americans polled in Harris County
support the Democrats. He also is glad that voting this year
was not a chore as it often feels. Justin urges everyone to support
AAA-Fund's five Texas endorsees: Rick Noriega, Al Green, Nick Lampson, Hubert Vo, and Sandra VuLe.
It's been an exciting week for Democrats as chronicled by
McBlogger; first up was
Hank Gilbert asking a Cornyn staffer to take a walk from a Rick Noriega event. Then there was Texas Blogger (and current TPA Chair)
Vince Leibowitz spanking the Mike McCaul campaign for their amateurish content theft. Finally, we at McBlogger received word that
Dr. Dobson had traveled to the future and didn't like what he saw. Which is something you'll probably love.
Vince at
Capitol Annex tells us how
John Davis (R-Clear Lake) is sending out his wife to attack Netroots-backed candidate Sherrie Matula (D-Houston). In return,
he opens Davis' own personal Pandora's Box and discloses Davis' shoddy record.
The Texas Cloverleaf notes that
Barack Obama leads John McCain in fundraising in Denton County of all places! In nonpartisan news, while Obama is raising money, Ron Natinsky is spending it.
The Dallas city councilman is spending your tax dollars on trinkets bearing his name. In shocking news,
a 9 year old is electrocuted by a McCain-Palin yard sign. No, we couldn't make this stuff up if we wanted to.
After record breaking early voting in Williamson County,
Eye On Williamson is ready for the general election. The HD-52 race has been the focus of attention this election cycle. The issues concerning the district's voters include the
Trans-Texas Corridor,
insurance reform, and
the economy. No matter the issue,
Diana Maldonado is the best choice in HD-52.
WhosPlayin looks at the early voting turnout in Texas' 26th congressional district, and thinks
Ken Leach just might be able to upset incumbent Michael Burgess. And guess whether this
incident of political suppression happened in Liberia or Texas. (Hint: it was Harris County, Texas.) Most of all,
WhosPlayin wants
Denton County residents to get to the polls and VOTE!
Off the Kuff takes his
last looks at
early voting, and
makes fun of some whining by Republican enablers Texans for Lawsuit Reform.
El Paso is going Democratic in a big way. As El Paso goes so should South Texas.
CouldBeTrue of
South Texas Chisme is looking for a blue, blue Thanksgiving!
BossKitty at
TruthHugger is laments pre-election jitters,
Oh The Stress Of It All -- Op Ed, and how many years will it take to recover because,
Divided We Fall.
Neil at
Texas Liberal says to think about the future when you vote. Don't be like Galveston voters
who in 1886, 14 years before the 1900 hurricane, voted no on building a seawall. Texas Liberal also offers up a post on how Texans
have voted for President since 1948, and, finally, submits for your review
some election predictions.
Over at
TexasKaos, TxSharon tells us that
somebody is finally looking at the Barnett Shale Gas Wells . It's called accountability and it's about time. And boadicea provides some
excellent resources/talking points on the ACORN non-story. Give a look. Lastly, Txsharon kicks off a
lively debate on the the training of 4000 troops in the use of non-lethal weapons for possible domestic use.
Texas politics is screwed up for at least two obvious reasons this week: because Tom Craddick has his
debates sponsored by AT&T -- complete with a lobbyist on the panel, and because 23% of all Texans think Barack Obama is a Muslim. The sad details at
Brains and Eggs.
Nat-Wu at
Three Wise Men discusses the long tradition in the Republican of
crying wolf about voter fraud in an effort to minorities from legitimately exercising their right to vote, and Xanthippas
rips into anti-woman bloggers for brewing up a faux controversy over their DART bus ads.