Ciboag96 said:
Google machine says she's dead as of May 2023.
We'll cross her off then
What are the real odds that She Jack is our next mayor?
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We'll cross her off then
I hope the matter did not confuse your decision making.
I'm not from Harris County nor do I know politics there as well as most of you do, but Whitmire does have a very strong following. And he would be much better than SJL. He is much smarter than she.
It has, for years, boggled my mind that Whitmire always gets the endorsement of LE. He talks a great game about supporting LE but behind the scenes he is NOT a friend of LE. For a few years I worked with him on criminal Justice matters. Behind closed doors he always hurt LE by not letting bills get out of his committee.
The one thing I did agree with him is the issue of A/C in our prisons. He always said he would agree to those
A/Cs when every resident of his district had A/C in their homes. I don't think he cared one way or the other about the A/C in prison issue. He just did not want to spend the $$$. And I am good with that.
It has, for years, boggled my mind that Whitmire always gets the endorsement of LE. He talks a great game about supporting LE but behind the scenes he is NOT a friend of LE. For a few years I worked with him on criminal Justice matters. Behind closed doors he always hurt LE by not letting bills get out of his committee.
The one thing I did agree with him is the issue of A/C in our prisons. He always said he would agree to those
A/Cs when every resident of his district had A/C in their homes. I don't think he cared one way or the other about the A/C in prison issue. He just did not want to spend the $$$. And I am good with that.
Ryan the Temp said:You can thank Texas Republicans to a certain extent for her being re-elected. They keep drawing TX-18 as a D+25 district. The other piece is she has never faced a serious, well-funded challenger in a primary.Quote:
Shejack doesnt even have to campaign in her district to win by huge margins. It doesnt matter how much bad press is out there on her, time and time again the voters have shown they care not.
I mean, don't they pretty much have to under the Voting Rights Act?
Yeah, they figured one crappy district that is a perpetual loss is better than a handful of districts that are a tossup.Ryan the Temp said:You can thank Texas Republicans to a certain extent for her being re-elected. They keep drawing TX-18 as a D+25 district. The other piece is she has never faced a serious, well-funded challenger in a primary.Quote:
Shejack doesnt even have to campaign in her district to win by huge margins. It doesnt matter how much bad press is out there on her, time and time again the voters have shown they care not.
Doesn't change the point though. Her district, and generally Houston as a whole, is comprised of morons that don't think about anything when they vote, think about only the letter next to the name, think about only the color of skin and in this race probably whether the candidate has a vageen or not.
I go back to my statement that until the voters of Harris County prove otherwise, it should be assumed they will pick the worst possible D candidate on the ballot. Because that is what they have done for a great number of years now in the majority of elections.
And PedEgg checks every one of those boxes.
Thats how 18 and 29 were drawn and maintained.TriAg2010 said:Ryan the Temp said:You can thank Texas Republicans to a certain extent for her being re-elected. They keep drawing TX-18 as a D+25 district. The other piece is she has never faced a serious, well-funded challenger in a primary.Quote:
Shejack doesnt even have to campaign in her district to win by huge margins. It doesnt matter how much bad press is out there on her, time and time again the voters have shown they care not.
I mean, don't they pretty much have to under the Voting Rights Act?
I don't think Ryan was here yet to enjoy the mild humor of seeing Gene Green win the Hispanic opportunity District.
SJL will likely be the next mayor in my opinion.
LOL ... and he wasn't really a Dem, either..Microwave Onions said:
I don't think Ryan was here yet to enjoy the mild humor of seeing Gene Green win the Hispanic opportunity District.
Ryan the Temp said:Gerrymandering of commissioner precincts.AlaskanAg99 said:
Meanwhile the County Commissioners are voted in by all of Hartis County so it will continue to be pulled Blue.
You can't gerrymander a citywide race. The mere fact that we have Republican at-large Council members is a demonstration of Republican voting strength in Houston.
The DNC gerrymandering major markets all over the US in 2020... soooo?
No offense, but if you think a citywide race for mayor can be gerrymandered, then I'm not sure you understand how elections work.ChAg1799 said:Ryan the Temp said:Gerrymandering of commissioner precincts.AlaskanAg99 said:
Meanwhile the County Commissioners are voted in by all of Hartis County so it will continue to be pulled Blue.
You can't gerrymander a citywide race. The mere fact that we have Republican at-large Council members is a demonstration of Republican voting strength in Houston.
The DNC gerrymandering major markets all over the US in 2020... soooo?
Poll: Whitmire, Jackson Lee lead mayoral race, with Whitmire poised for double-digit runoff win
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The Houston mayoral election appeared to narrow to a two-candidate contest between state Sen. John Whitmire and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, with Whitmire poised for a double-digit lead in a likely runoff, a University of Houston poll shows.
The University of Houston's Hobby School of Public Affairs on Tuesday unveiled one of the earliest polls of this year's crowded mayoral race. Thirty-four percent of likely voters expressed support for Whitmire, 32 percent for Jackson Lee, and no more than 3 percent for any of the other 12 candidates.
The money quote:Quote:
Yet, in a potential runoff between the two top candidates, the gap expands significantly, with 51 percent of voters leaning towards the state senator and only 33 percent backing the congresswoman.
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Forty-four percent of the 800 surveyed Houstonians said they would never vote for Jackson Lee
Saw lots of Whitmire signs while running errands this weekend. I've seen zero for SJL.
Also thinking about how Whitemire would give us fun local new headlines:
Meyerland Tire Fire a Whitmire Quagmire
Meyerland Tire Fire a Whitmire Quagmire
Not many errands to run in Acres Homes, Fifth Ward and Sunnyside.TriAg2010 said:
Saw lots of Whitmire signs while running errands this weekend. I've seen zero for SJL.
TriAg2010 said:
Saw lots of Whitmire signs while running errands this weekend. I've seen zero for SJL.
Noticed a few more out this weekend too. Can't wait till the Fall when the cops go gonzo on bandit signs.
Panama Red said:Not many errands to run in Acres Homes, Fifth Ward and Sunnyside.TriAg2010 said:
Saw lots of Whitmire signs while running errands this weekend. I've seen zero for SJL.
Lol… usually, yes. One of my trips was to the dump on the north side of 610 and somebody had a big old Whitmire sign at Main & Crosstimbers. I would ordinarily consider that SJL territory.
I finally saw one off the Gulf Freeway feeder near El Dorado
I've never hear anything nice said about SJL from people who live in those neighborhoods.Panama Red said:Not many errands to run in Acres Homes, Fifth Ward and Sunnyside.TriAg2010 said:
Saw lots of Whitmire signs while running errands this weekend. I've seen zero for SJL.
OK, Mr. "All the liberals I know think Mealer will win" so are you FOS or just plugged into the wrong Democrats circles?Ryan the Temp said:I've never hear anything nice said about SJL from people who live in those neighborhoods.Panama Red said:Not many errands to run in Acres Homes, Fifth Ward and Sunnyside.TriAg2010 said:
Saw lots of Whitmire signs while running errands this weekend. I've seen zero for SJL.
Huh?Quote:
OK, Mr. "All the liberals I know think Mealer will win" so are you FOS or just plugged into the wrong Democrats circles?
man I pray she has no shot
I'd have to cross the aisle and vote Whitmire because he's the least bad of the Dem choices and whomever the Republicans put up has precisely zero chance of winning.
Plus, seeing the humiliation of SheJack lose would be worth it. Can you imagine her non-concession/concession speech? The idiocy and malaprops as she tries to stumble over her congratulations/sour grapes while attributing her loss to racism or sexism would be epic.
Plus, seeing the humiliation of SheJack lose would be worth it. Can you imagine her non-concession/concession speech? The idiocy and malaprops as she tries to stumble over her congratulations/sour grapes while attributing her loss to racism or sexism would be epic.
I have the feeling a number of republicans are just going to say "screw it" and not vote. I hope I'm wrong.
That's the winning spirit the Republican party needs.Marvin_Zindler said:
I have the feeling a number of republicans are just going to say "screw it" and not vote. I hope I'm wrong.
Username checks out.
She will just sulk on back to DC and f up more things at every opportunity. She's not losing no matter what the outcome ends up being.TarponChaser said:
I'd have to cross the aisle and vote Whitmire because he's the least bad of the Dem choices and whomever the Republicans put up has precisely zero chance of winning.
Plus, seeing the humiliation of SheJack lose would be worth it. Can you imagine her non-concession/concession speech? The idiocy and malaprops as she tries to stumble over her congratulations/sour grapes while attributing her loss to racism or sexism would be epic.
Woudl be nice if in order to run for one office, a current office holder had to resign from the current office first. That would be too logical though, so it will never happen in government.
What does it really matter in Houston? Zero shot for any R candidate, so why would anybody with better things to do waste their time? I probably wouldn't if I lived in the city limits.I Am A Critic said:That's the winning spirit the Republican party needs.Marvin_Zindler said:
I have the feeling a number of republicans are just going to say "screw it" and not vote. I hope I'm wrong.
you'd have to a complete buffoon to think its a waste of time to vote Whitmire over SJL. Even though both democrats, the difference is astronomical.Quote:
What does it really matter in Houston? Zero shot for any R candidate, so why would anybody with better things to do waste their time? I probably wouldn't if I lived in the city limits.
I saw SJL at lunch today (from across the room). I didn't see which state official she was wining and dining, but they have plate SO 0202.
Some lady here in Houston got arrested for making threats against the DC judge overseeing the Trump trial and also made direct threats to kill SJL.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/politics/texas-woman-charged-threat-judge-chutkan/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/politics/texas-woman-charged-threat-judge-chutkan/index.html
BMX Bandit said:you'd have to a complete buffoon to think its a waste of time to vote Whitmire over SJL. Even though both democrats, the difference is astronomical.Quote:
What does it really matter in Houston? Zero shot for any R candidate, so why would anybody with better things to do waste their time? I probably wouldn't if I lived in the city limits.
Really? How many democrats do you know that don't tow the party line?
Party line? In a non-partisan election where most of the candidates are Democrats?Funky Winkerbean said:BMX Bandit said:you'd have to a complete buffoon to think its a waste of time to vote Whitmire over SJL. Even though both democrats, the difference is astronomical.Quote:
What does it really matter in Houston? Zero shot for any R candidate, so why would anybody with better things to do waste their time? I probably wouldn't if I lived in the city limits.
Really? How many democrats do you know that don't tow the party line?
whitmire has several issues he has voted as a conservative on. he's a democrat, not doubt, but SJL is on a whole new level. has queen sheila ever done anything you agreed with?
you really think there is no difference between them? if so, you need to educate yourself on both of them
you really think there is no difference between them? if so, you need to educate yourself on both of them
I pray you are correct. The election of SJL would mean we have become Chicago.Coog97 said:
She's been in Congress for almost 30 years and she's never even chaired a committee. That's not an accident or an oversight. She is a rarely-useful fool for the Dems. Her reputation is trash amongst pretty much anyone that has any regular dealings with her, from her Congressional colleagues to her staffers to the poor people at United who have to book her travel. Her influence is largely due to the fact that she is a shameless camera hog, and the local media jumps at a moment's notice anytime her staff sends out a communication. She gets elected every two years because TX18 looks like this:
Meanwhile, John Whitmire is one of the most well-connected, well-supported local politicians of the last four decades. SJL will not be the next mayor of Houston.
Buck Turgidson said:I pray you are correct. The election of SJL would mean we have become Chicago.Coog97 said:
She's been in Congress for almost 30 years and she's never even chaired a committee. That's not an accident or an oversight. She is a rarely-useful fool for the Dems. Her reputation is trash amongst pretty much anyone that has any regular dealings with her, from her Congressional colleagues to her staffers to the poor people at United who have to book her travel. Her influence is largely due to the fact that she is a shameless camera hog, and the local media jumps at a moment's notice anytime her staff sends out a communication. She gets elected every two years because TX18 looks like this:
Meanwhile, John Whitmire is one of the most well-connected, well-supported local politicians of the last four decades. SJL will not be the next mayor of Houston.
Me too, my friend!!!
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