I do not possess either the time or poetic writing skills to properly express how I felt on Tuesday night when Senator Barack Obama won the Election. I can tell you that I cried. I screamed. I shared a champagne toast with friends. I called my son in Roanoke, VA but I could not hear him because he and other Obama supporters, staff workers and volunteers were screaming "We DID it!" "Oh God, we DID it!" After yelling "we are proud of you" into the mayhem of the moment in Roanoke, I hung up.
My husband and I fist bumped. We danced. We hugged and cried together. Next thing I know, hubby, a naturalized American citizen, wrapped himself in the huge American flag that we normally display outside the house on Memorial Day and July 4th. He ran next door to the TV lobby in the College Commons where his students were either celebrating or staring at the screen in disbelief. My husband cried: "America I love you! We did it!" All of the students went wild with cheers. I could hear the pandemonium inside the house.
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According to the Houston Chronicle one million more residents have voted so far, with one day left for early voting in Texas. In Harris County (the largest district in the State) Democratic voters outnumber Republicans.
Leland Beatty, a Democratic consultant, said 42 percent of early voters had voted in Democratic primaries and 20.6 percent in Republican primaries.
A Republican strategist here said the reason for the higher turnout is due to huge participation during the Primary when large numbers of voters came out to vote for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The strategist said some of those voters were Republicans who will vote for McCain during the General.
Well, we will see about that. My crystal ball is the same size as the GOP strategist and I'm not even a strategist. If the Texas Republican base is comprised of 23% of dumb bunnies who choose to believe Senator Obama is a Muslim we may be able to assume that 77% of Texans may just engage their brains before voting. After eight years of W. &Co. we can also assume that 77% percent of voters here understand that they are far worse off than they were in 2000. A vote for McCain should translate to a vote against one's own self-interests if not one's very financial survival.
The Houston Chronicle has become a gift that keeps on giving good news for Democrats in the Houston area.
Today's lead story:
"Except for Emmett, Poll Sees Dem Sweep."
Judge Emmett is ahead because he and Houston's Mayor Bill White worked well together in addressing Hurricane Ike's aftermath. He is likable and folks trust him.
The surprising and great news is that Harris County's Democratic judicial candidates are in a dead heat tie with Republicans.
Voters favored Democratic candidates over Republican candidates by 7 percentage points in elections for county leadership jobs, except in the county judge's race, where Emmett has a 13-point lead over Democrat David Mincberg, according to the survey. Sixteen percent of the respondents were undecided or said they lean toward neither party's entry.
The number 7 also popped up specifically in the race for district attorney; Democrat C.O. Bradford ran 7 percentage points ahead of Republican Pat Lykos in the poll, conducted Monday through Wednesday as early voting began for the Nov. 4 election.
The poll results indicate tough years lie ahead for the GOP. This is absolutely drop dead fabulous news considering it was not long ago when Karl Rove and Tom Delay hatched their Texas Permanent Republican Majority scheme. We are now stuck with the consequences manufactured by these two Republican low life crooks.
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Today's Houston Chronicle reports that Rick Noriega and Barack Obama are up by seven percent in Harris County. For the first time in forty-four years, Harris County voters are on the verge of favoring a Democratic Presidential candidate.
WOW.
Hats off to the Noriega campaign and the Harris County Democrats for their exhaustive efforts.
They gave Barack Obama the edge over Republican John McCain by 7 percentage points this week, with very few undecided or backing another contender.
Voters also favored Democrat Rick Noriega of Houston against Republican Sen. John Cornyn by the same amount - with 13 percent undecided or committed to another candidate.
The survey results were compiled by Zogby International as early voting got under way for the Nov. 4 election.
Jim Henley is retiring. He is the extraordinary Lanier Middle School debate coach who ran for Congress against Johnny Culberson in the 7th Congressional District. He lost, but we won, big. I am still running into young Democrats he turned on to political activism. You may or may not know that he staffed and ran the campaign with kids who were his former students and student-debaters .
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He may have lost the election, but his debaters took home their fifth consecutive title at the National Junior Forensics League Tournament this month, topping teams from New York, Massachusetts and California.
