I just finished reading the Wichita Falls Regional Economic Outlook Report-3rd Qtr 2006 published by the Dillard College of Business Administration at Midwestern State University (www.mwsu.edu). At the end of the report are ratings for elected political officials.
The measure for Bush's approval is only 40%. This is significant because this is some of the deepest red, republican Bush country--his staunchest constituents living an area dominated by the oil industry where he got 70% of the vote in 2004.
Hopefully this is another indicator for what to expect in November.
Monday (11/01)
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
The Whole Truth About The Iraq War
Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties
Bush's Brain
Just wanted to let everyone in on some news that illustrates that the Republicans are on the ropes in their own back yard.
W is coming to Dallas to rally for CD-32 candidate Pete Sessons tomorrow night. This isn't all that unusual since he is obviously headed to Crawford so he can vote on Tuesday, but with so many close congressional races in TX due to Tom Delay's illegal redistricting, they would send W to the race they are most worried about losing. This new congressional district is entirely in Dallas county, was drawn to specifically for Pete Sessions and to give the republicans an overwhelming advantage. It includes Highland Park, which is densly populated and 90% registered republicans.
Why does this matter? I have posted a couple of times over the past week to report from Dallas county the extraordinary large turnout during early voting, the anti-Bush sentiment, and the suprising number of republicans (the highly educated and highly compensated ones) that have told me they are voting for Kerry and Martin Frost.
If Kerry runs strong in the urban areas of a red state like TX, which it appears will be the case, he will overwhelmingly win the large urban areas of the blue and purple states which should give Kerry a solid victory.
Tuesday is going to be a very interesting day.
Thursday (10/28)
With God On Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America
Monday (11/01)
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
The Whole Truth About The Iraq War
Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties
Bush's Brain
Wednesday (10/27)
Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War.
Thursday (10/28)
With God On Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America
Monday (11/01)
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
The Whole Truth About The Iraq War
Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties
Bush's Brain
· FL-21: Democrat Raul Martinez Leads Lincoln Diaz-Balart by 2 (HellofaSandwich)
· Richardson to speak at Invesco Field (fbihop)
· West Virginian rebuttal to Sen. Rockefeller DNC08 speech (WVaBlue)
· PUMAs are like the tooth fairy (fbihop)
· Start Preparing Now: Hurricane Gustav Aiming At New Orleans (NickD)
· NRCC Reserves $8.8M in Ad Time in 14 Districts (HellofaSandwich)
· DNC Turns Away Bloggers from Seating Area When Jack Danforth is Sitting There (NickD)
· MN-03: Madia hits the airwaves 'Running' (MN Campaign Report)
· A view from the convention floor (fbihop)
· Tim Pawlenty puts his foot in his mouth (MN Campaign Report)
· Twittering the Democratic National Convention (Jonathan Singer)
· Mark Warner Conference Call: Keynote Speech Preview (lowkell)
