Reply #23: A widely held misperception

[susanr516]

may be as damaging as the truth.

The sad truth is that a young super-star lawyer and his PAC have become the story on Spanish radio. Carranza spent an hour on "Verdades y Chismes" this morning reading the Ethics Commission reports of the Good Government PAC. Talmadge Heflin, HILLCO, David Dewhurst, Greg Abbott--those are just the names I remember. I understand "Comentarios" was even worse.

When it gets this ugly in the primaries, people don't forget--if the "other guy" wins, they might not vote Republican, but they will just skip the race. Those "half votes" for the Rs can get awfully costly. I've worked grassroots politics for over 25 years, and this one is spinning out of control. Remember the Hinojosa--Canales-Black bloodbath? People refused to vote for Sanchez because the wrong person happened to be dropping literature for him. It's not that bad yet, but the potential is there.

What a mess.