Perry Leads White in Texas
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 24th, 2010 4:40 am by HL
Perry Leads White in Texas
The latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll finds Rick Perry (R) leads Bill White (D) by nine points, 44% to 35%, in the 2010 race for Texas governor.
“The numbers in the races polled aren’t far from the generic party numbers in the poll. Asked which party’s candidate they’d support in their local races for Congress, 46 percent chose the Republican and 34 percent chose the Democrat; 15 percent were undecided and 5 percent chose ‘someone else.'”
Quote of the Day
“I venture to say we’re going to lay the smackdown on him come November.”
–Co-Founder of World Wrestling Entertainment Linda McMahon (R), quoted by the Connecticut Mirror, on Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal (D).
Blumenthal Apologizes
“After nearly a week of criticism following revelations that he misrepresented his military record and five days after a press conference in which he expressed regret for his misstatements,” Richard Blumenthal (D) apologized in an email to the Hartford Courant.
Wrote Blumenthal: “At times when I have sought to honor veterans, I have not been as clear or precise as I should have been about my service in the Marine Corps Reserves. I have firmly and clearly expressed regret and taken responsibility for my words. I have made mistakes and I am sorry. I truly regret offending anyone.”
