Today's Houston Chronicle features this story, which provides some welcome publicity for something most of us have known for a while.
[US Rep Al] Green said the efforts by Harris County Democrats to wrest control of county offices away from Republicans would be enhanced by having Obama heading the ticket. He likened it to the party switch that occurred in Dallas County in the 2006 elections, when Democrats won a majority of the county's elected offices.
"It is firmly believed that Senator Obama will have coattails that will change that. We may go the way of Dallas," Green said.
More choice quotes over the fold...
"A lot of the national media bought into this, that she came away from Texas with a great victory," [US Rep Chet] Edwards said. "Now it comes out a month later that their professed victory really was a defeat."
THANK YOU, Rep. Edwards! We knew this. Melody Townsel has well reminded us to spread the word. It's nice to know that some of our lawmakers have heeded her call.
In the interest of balance, Garry Mauro of the TX Clinton campaign had to weigh in:
Clinton Texas Chairman Garry Mauro said Clinton won the popular vote among Democrats in the March 4 primary, and he said polls he has seen showed either Obama or Clinton would be good for down-ballot races in the fall.
Let me respond to Mr. Mauro, regarding that one phrase: there is NO proof that she won the popular vote AMONG DEMOCRATS on primary day. She did win the vote of people who voted in the Democratic Primary, sure. But it's clear that many, many of them were NOT Democrats. Remember, the GOP race was essentially over. GOP voters were free to become spoilers, and I'm convinced that many of them did.
My point: the true believers came out to CAUCUS. The really, REALLY true believers came back to the District Conventions. Who won those?
The Houston Chronicle answers this nicely:
Obama was the clear winner of last weekend's Democratic regional conventions. His campaign claims that when it is verified at the state Democratic convention in June, Obama will have 99 Texas delegates to Clinton's 94.
Thank you, mainstream media! When you do your job, I'm happy to give you props.