Gov. Peter Shumlin will travel to the nation’s capital Thursday to address members of the Democracy Alliance, a fundraising alliance Mother Jones has called “the liberal answer to the Koch donor network.”
Shumlin, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, will deliver remarks at a Democracy Alliance conference, according to DGA spokesman Danny Kanner. He will then introduce two of the DGA’s top recruits for the 2014 election: former Trek Bicycle Corporation executive Mary Burke, who is running for governor of Wisconsin, and Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, who is running for governor of the Lone Star State.
Davis drew national attention in June when she spent 11 hours filibustering legislation that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and imposed new restrictions on doctors who perform abortions. She’s expected to face off against Texas attorney general Greg Abbott to succeed Gov. Rick Perry, who’s stepping down after three terms.
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A rare contrast of Texas and Vermont politics. Off topic but noteworthy nonetheless.
She wants to Kill Them Babies!!! Yea! What a Hero.
Well, as you can see, some of us were able to recognize this person’s post as right-wing political propaganda and respond to it. Maybe you shouldn’t be in the business of censoring posts that aren’t bot-posts. I certainly don’t agree with this person’s point of view, but I also don’t agree with your subjective judgment that her post was unrelated to the topic. Wendy Davis IS the topic of this thread. Re-read the title!
After all, most people now realize that just about anything that comes out of Peter Shumlin’s mouth is “spam.”
Any Democrat in Texas has to be better than Rick Perry, or George Bush, The Second, for that matter.