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August 06, 2005Chris Bell Takes His Message NationalBy Damon McCullar
Chris Bell and Felix Alvarado are currently the only candidates for governor on the Democratic Ticket. Chris announced his candidacy on July 28th via an email to his supporters and will launch his campaign from the University of Texas on Sunday, August 14 at 2pm. I would love to hear what Katie and Byron thought of his speech. Posted by Damon McCullar at August 6, 2005 09:58 PM | TrackBack
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Well, it's no surprise that Bell is seeking dollars and support in other parts of the country because he hasn't raised squat here in Texas. Bell can't even win a primary (2004) or a citywide race (2001). That's why we need John Sharp or Roy Spence. Respect, credibility, viability. These are the keys to success. The Bell Campaign already has that scent of death surrounding it. Let's move on and move up. It's time for Bell to wrap it up and let's get serious about finding a credible candidate that our donors will fund and that even our own Party Chairman will take seriously. Posted by: Aaron at August 7, 2005 10:11 AMAaron: I notice you conveniently fail to mention that Bell won a heavily contested primary and general election for Congress in 2002. He lost in the 2004 primary because Tom Delay basically had his district written away, so he ran in a majority-African American district, and he lost to a very strong African-American candidate (Al Green, who is now the excellent Congressman from the 9th District of Texas). He also won citywide in Houston twice, as an at-large City Councilman. Chris Bell has been out there making the case for a change in the Governor's mansion and tying Perry's incompetence with DeLay's corruption for some time now. If the men you mention want to join the race and help spread that message, they are welcome to do so. If they join the race, I am confident they will be able to provide a positive message, and I certainly hope they will garner supporters who do things other than hurl weak insults from the peanut gallery. Posted by: mistermark at August 7, 2005 10:46 AM[begin rant] I've about had it with the snarky attitude coming from the anti-Bell camp. If you think the man is a bad candidate then don't vote for him... if you'd like a better choice then find a candidate... one willing to put their hat into what will likely be a rather expensive and uphill general election. A bunch of trash talking isn't going to help anything. I haven't been sold one way or another on Chris Bell, but to me he should be given some respect by you yahoos as a good Democrat willing to serve his state and his party. Let's everybody start acting their age and remember that we're supposed to be on the same side. [end rant] is chris bell using kinky's speech writers? because i've heard most of this before. months ago. from kinky. it is only original the first time. Posted by: andrea at August 7, 2005 11:17 PMI posted this in the wrong section before, but here it is again: Quote - "Chris Bell is currently the only candidate for governor on the Democratic Ticket. He announced his candidacy on July 28th via an email to his supporters and will launch his campaign from the University of Texas on Sunday, August 14 at 2pm." Wait a minute, you are forgetting about the real first democratic candidate to announce his intentions on running for Texas Governor: Felix Alvarado. He made his announcement to run for Texas Governor June 25, 2005. You can read up on Felix at his website: http://www.felixalvarado.com Frank Alvarado III
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Chris Bell gave the keynote address today at the YDA Convention in San Francisco. The speech was covered by Pragmaddict over at Corked Bats. This is what he had to say about Chris's speech.