Posted on 02/10/2010 12:16:08 PM PST by agondonter
Debra Medina (TX Gov. Candidate) On Glenn Beck Tomorrow
* Posted by Jared Law on February 10, 2010 at 9:14am in 9.12 Project Candidates
Glenn Beck just announced that Debra Medina (R-TX) is within a few points of Kay Bailey Hutchison, and what I took from the way he worded it was that he is suggesting that she MAY be the real deal, and that she MAY be the candidate that the Tea Party Movement (9.12 Project Included, one must assume) has been looking for.
There has been so much discussion of Debra Medina here on The 9.12 Project Network, I'm sure many of our thousands of Texans will be interested in this discussion.
So before Glenn covers her live on air, let's look at the Candidates for the Texas Governor. These are my personal impressions, not being a Texas resident, and not having investigated these candidates, this is just my impression based upon what our members have been saying:
1) The Incumbent: a smooth-talking Texan, Rick Perry, who many charge is a political chameleon, who only sounds like a Principled Patriot during an election cycle. This is a charge leveled by none other than Pat Gray, whose opinion I trust (he was, after all, Glenn's closest friend when Glenn was an arrogant jerk, before Glenn was "born again" and met his wife, Tania) more than most media figures.
2) The unrepentant "progressive," Kay Bailey Hutchison. Kay is not a Principled Patriot; she's the Republican "progressive" who needs to be, IMHO, eliminated from Texas politics altogether, but that's just my opinion; all "progressives," IMHO, should be run out of office, in Texas, and all across America!
3) Debra Medina, the emerging, surging candidate who many here and all across the Internet say is THE Tea Party/9.12 Project/Principled Patriot candidate.
But who are they, really?
For example, here's what somebody on our network emailed me about Debra Medina:
The Texas Republican gubernatorial primary was supposed to be a really big battle between two very large and important Goliaths. But a little David showed up and is threatening to toss a bag of tea in both their faces.
Debra Medina, a nurse and entrepreneur, entered the GOP's gubernatorial primary with little to no fanfare. The "tea party" activist and Ron Paul organizer was expected to register, well, not at all. The first poll seemed to confirm her status as an also-ran -- registering a mere four per cent as against two-term Texas governor Rick Perry at 46 per cent, and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison at 35 per cent.
But then a few remarkable things happened. For one, Medina appeared to clean house in the first televised debate between the three candidates. Just about everyone thought Medina had won the debate. And she got a little bit of traction. In fact, and for two, she got just enough traction to be invited to the major televised debate, the state-wide "Belo" debate, aired on several major networks across Texas.
The Belo debate requires that a candidate receive 15 per cent in a major poll in order to be included. After the first debate, Medina managed to more than double her polling numbers from four to 12 per cent. That put Medina within the margin of error of 15 per cent, and the Belo folks decided that she should be included.
The second debate did not have a clear winner, although, having watched it, my own conviction is that Medina outperformed the other candidates (You can judge for yourself by following the link at the bottom of this post and watching the debate for yourself). Although a local Fox affiliate seemed to think Medina did surprisingly well:
Still, Medina's biggest problem was name recognition and simple awareness. And Medina simply can't compete with the campaign war chests of Perry and Hutchison -- both of whom have raised in excess of a whopping $10 million dollars, compared with Medina's comparatively meager half-a-million -- so paying for television commercials to blanket the state is not an option. Measured in those terms, the underdog may or may not have won the debate, but she certainly won in terms of advertising and getting her message out.
That message is beginning to resonate more and more. Medina wants to eliminate the state property tax and replace it with an increased consumption tax. She is a fierce fiscal conservative, and recites the U.S. Constitution with a familiarity and ease that neither of the other two candidates seem to possess. She carries a gun in her car, and insists that Texas needs to be friendlier to the Second Amendment. She shares the convictions of Ron Paul fans, as well as the Tea Party movement sweeping the U.S.
Do I have proof that the message is resonating more and more? Sure I do. After the Belo debate, Medina's numbers moved from 12 to 16 per cent. Meanwhile, today, Public Policy Polling released an astounding poll (PDF), putting Medina's support at a whopping 24 per cent, compared with Perry's 39 and Hutchison's 28 per cent (margin of error at +/- 4.8 per cent).
That wouldn't be a really big deal, since there isn't a lot of time before the election (March 2nd), and Perry is still more than ten points above his nearest competitor. Except that Texas is a primary run-off state. If Perry doesn't get more than 51 per cent, the last place candidate is dropped, and we have a run-off between the top two vote-getters. If Medina manages to get more votes than Hutchison, now a distinct possibility, she may just manage to eke it out, and secure a victory on a par with Scott Brown's surprise election in Massachusetts.
If she can get into the runoff with Perry, anything can happen. Only needs to go up 2 points and have Hutch go down 2 points which is possible with Becks support.
Throw the bums out bump
I’m really looking forward to seeing what she has to say on Beck’s show.
Medina has impressive qualifications.
1. She’s a nurse.
2. She knows how to do medical billing.
What’s not to like?
What possible damage could an unqualified elected official do, anyway?
Oh, wait....
If she actually does manage to get into a runoff with Perry and beat him, that will ensure that our next governor in Texas will be a Democrat. Not a good idea. Texas, due to steady influx of immigrants across the border, is becoming less and less Republican. We can’t afford to toss a viable Republican like Perry overboard in the name of purity. And, in all honesty, Medina is not very impressive. Sorry — I’m as conservative as the next person, but I’m a realist.
Look around at these paultard medinaites, what I’m seeing is alot of them are out of state. Most don’t even live here, but by God they’re gonna tell us how we should vote.
Yep...I’m voting with the Hair.
Rasmussen’s latest had Medina edging White 41% to 38%.
It’s sad.
She is in deep over her head.
What are the qualifications for Texas governor?
Hmmm
How can you tell where the posters are from? I really want to know.
The Paulista on with the Paulista, Beck.
Excuse me? Just as I suspected, Glenn Beck is attempting to sabotage the Republicans and incorporate his Libertarian party into the Tea Party movement.
Their homepage.
I’ll bet you are. Just like all the fake conservatives who have flooded the site. Tell us more about what a “conservative Christian” you are. Troll.
Thanks. Noticed that most people don’t indicate where they are from on their about page. In fact, most people don’t have any info on their about page.
The ones that are lacking in Medina.
Business experience? She heads up a three person billing company.
Executive experience? None.
Legal knowledge? None.
Understanding of legislative process? None.
She's a nurse.
The same Mitt Perry-bots are out in full swing on every Medina thread today. jeeze. must be proud of their big government est. GOP henchmen. Hope your gals like getting their forced shot.
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