Texas Insider

1:17 pm CST - February 04, 2010

Attention Democrats: Bill White Can’t Win In November

A Rasmussen Poll released Wednesday shows that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White can’t win against any of the Republican gubernatorial candidates this November.

White can’t even muster enough points in the pool to defeat Debra Medina, the darling of the Tea Party movement in Texas. Medina struggles to get 16% support in the Republican polls, but still bests the establishment-anointed “Democratic Frontrunner” Bill White.

Medina now edges White 41% to 38%. Last month, White had a 44% to 38% lead on her. While the Democratic Party establishment focuses on a career politician, Farouk Shami has been gaining support among rank-and-file Democratic Primary voters across the state.

“It is time to end politics as usual. This poll is proof positive that the Texas Democratic establishment couldn’t lead a silent prayer, much less designate our party’s standard bearer,” Farouk Shami said when he saw these results.

“All across Texas, Democrats come up to me after I speak or when I am at events and tell me that Bill White isn’t exciting our base or giving them any hope of winning in November or leading our ticket to victory to turn Texas blue,” Shami added.

“While career politicians like Bill White focus on their next political office, I’m focused on Texans and bringing jobs to this state,” he said. “I may be an unconventional candidate but Texans are ready for some fresh ideas. That’s evident in how Debra Medina’s numbers are improving. The establishment needs to listen up, because Texas Democrats aren’t buying the goods they are selling anymore,” Shami said during a swing through the Rio Grande Valley today.

This poll shows that Bill White’s brand of politics as usual just aren’t going to cut it in today’s political climate

“We need real courage, real leadership and a candidate that’s out there listening to the voters, not pandering to donors and reciting tired talking points. That’s the kind of campaign Farouk Shami is running. We look forward to a healthy debate on February 8,” Vince Leibowitz, Campaign Director added.

8 Comments

SJK
1:45 pm CST
February 04, 2010

White must not win in November and neither must Farouk Shami! Mr. Shami would be a disaster for Texas and is definitely not the Governor Texas needs! It would be compariteve to voting Obama in the Governor’s seat of Texas! The Governor’s seat must and should go to a conservative we can trust! That does not apply to Senator Hutchison either! I am still leaning towards Rick Perry with a slight consideration for Debra Medina!

CWJensen
5:03 pm CST
February 04, 2010

Let us all HOPE and prayer the Republican Primary results in clear decision.
The best thing the DEMONcrats can HOPE for is the Republicans beating each other.
The democrats can and will cross over into the Republican primary.
Both sides did in the 2008 democrat presidential primary LOOK what happen there.
Who ever you support MAKE sure they can handle the job because you do NOT get a do over.

Here is the complete report:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/texas/election_2010_texas_governor
The above is purposefully deceptive.
Would you rather run against an opponent with a 3 pt lead or a much larger lead.
The Democrats would MUCH rather run against Medina.

Bryan James
10:49 am CST
February 04, 2010

Then lets hope the Democrats vote in the Republican Primary for Debra Medina

Lonnie Jones
11:17 am CST
February 04, 2010

While White was mayor of Houston, the crime lab was a disaster and so was the police chief. The city services departments were always in some kind of scandal. White is just not governor material. Maybe he should run for mayor of Rosenberg. Shami is even worse. Either one would be a disaster as governor of Texas. Medina needs more experience before she can be governor material. Some of her ideas have some merit, but she needs more experience. KBH is OK as a senator but she has not always voted for what is good for Texas. I can’t blame for wanting to get out of Washington DC. Perry has made a couple of wrong decisions but overall has done a very good job. He is by far the best choice to have as governor of Texas. We have the lowest jobless rating of all the states. He has refused Obama’s moneys that have strings attached. We are doing better than states that took the money and lost a lot of control to Obama. Perry has lead us through a lot of rough times and we have come out on top.

don
7:37 pm CST
February 04, 2010

I would never vote for bill white because he opposes my right to own a gun

rosemary
8:50 pm CST
February 04, 2010

Bill White comes off like Elmer Fudd (only he’s smart, he just doesn’t look like it or sound like it)…but never think for one minute that he is a moderate Dem. There is no such animal any more. Look at the mess Houston is in now that he’s gone. The largest abortion mill in the nation, liabilities mulitiplied and fancy footwork with the budgets. We’ll see a lot of slick advertising and promotion to make him appear just like the nice neighbor next door that you’d leave your house key with when you go on vacation…but BE WARE. He’ll appoint people around him (and all the state appointments that go into the hundreds) who are just like the ones who surround Obama. That’s what the Democrat party is now. We need to wake up in Texas.

questioner
10:38 am CST
February 04, 2010

What good is EXPERIENCE if the experience produces unconstitutional actions? Both Perry and KBH have NO concern for constitutional principles! Debra Medina has a more detailed and transparent platform….she has laid her positions and solutions out for all to see! I challenge any of you to tell me RP or KBH’s exact tax and fiscal policies, border policies, and 10th amendment strategies to fight federal tyranny. You can’t! And neither of them have done ONE thing for border security or federal pushback. Talk is cheap! With Medina, you know what you would be getting.

Medina isn”t beholden to any special interest but the CONSTITUTION!!!

Effective governance is achieved by the willingness to be guided by the frameworks of both our US and state constitutions!

RP morphs into a “true conservative” about this time every four years….and then look what happens after the election! He tries to: violate private property rights, impose unconstitutional health mandates, and conveniently leaves out of the discussion that the jobs Texas HAS gained are all GOVERNMENT jobs!!!

Please get outside your comfort zone, people! Don’t buy the machine’s lie that Medina could never win or govern well. That is the progressive myth! We have gotten so desensitized to corrupt governance that we are not horrified like the Founders would be! Wake up….be brave….do REAL research, and vote for the only true champion of the Constitution……DEBRA MEDINA!!!

Zane
5:00 pm CST
February 04, 2010

So what’s Bill’s view on the Tenth Amendment, toll roads, and border security? Because I need to know for a school thing we’re doing. And I checked his website; couldn’t find anything.