Keyword: Bill White
Perry Campaigned Against Obama Instead of White
No campaign postmortem will be complete without noting the huge role played by Barack Obama in the 2010 governor's race.
Texans Like Private-Sector Work but Vote for Public
Is the anti-career-politician, pro-outsider-businessman mood palpable in Texas? Yes. Is this preference for private-sector experience related to vote choice in the governor’s race? No.
Six Points Separate Perry and White — or Is It More?
Six points separate Rick Perry and Bill White, but that's not all there is to it: The pattern of partisan preferences evident in the latest polling suggests that the Republican Party still holds a substantial baseline advantage over the Democrats in Texas.
Is the Texas Governor's Race as Close as It Looks?
Make no mistake: A Democrat running in a statewide race in Texas who is not losing by double-digits is doing relatively well. But this raises the larger question: Can Bill White actually win?
Obama's Numbers Justify White's Cold Shoulder
Bill White deciding to travel to points far from Austin and Dallas while President Barack Obama visits the state today to raise money and speak at the University of Texas presents us with yet another mountain-out-of-a-molehill political story in the long, hot summer of gassy coverage of the governor’s race. A look at Obama’s standing in Texas makes it clear that White would be nuts to share a stage with Obama unless he feels like doing a favor for Gov. Rick Perry’s ad team.
Perry's Lead Over White Is Not From the Big Cities
Bill White’s problem is an “everywhere else” problem, which is only partly rural in nature.