Burka Blog

I think this article from the Burka Blog from Texas Monthly is a well written article about how George P. Bush, running for Land Commissioner is throwing it away by running a bad campaign.  Newspapers were assuming he would be elected to office in this upcoming election, but due to his “dilly dallying” and not talking to the press, hopes for him getting elected are looking grim.  People seem to be surprised that isn’t really doing very well.  In fact, the Austin American Statesman has endorsed his candidate because of his active campaigning.  The Nephew of former president George W. Bush doesn’t seem to have anything except the Bush name.  What little campaigning he has done, he only had a short speech and didn’t let the media ask questions.  This is a good article because it states an opinion, and gives a quote about the article.  It is well written and I think proves its point well.  It brings up a question for me.  Does George P. Bush actually want to be a politician, or is he only doing it because it’s the “family business” as it were.  I think maybe he doesn’t want to be a politician. 

The Fall of the Texas Republican Party?

This Texas Monthly article called Primary Lessons talks about how, especially among the Republican party, there is no discussion on advancing the state.  It says that the Republican party has splintered and the primaries are causing a civil war between the two factions.  According to the article, Abbott has chosen to run far to the right side of the political spectrum, keeping a similar political agenda as Perry has had for the last 14 years. “The concern for Abbott ought to be that the state party is verging on intellectual bankruptcy, desirous only of turning on those politicians who might actually want to do something.”  I foresee a fall of the Texas Republican party because we have had 14 years of the Rick Perry administration and none of the current Republican candidates seem to want to do anything different.  I do not see them developing plans to change things that are social concerns, like school systems, public infrastructure, and public welfare.