Texas Senate Race Update for January 11, 2012

I expect the campaigns to start announcing Q4 fundraising results any day now, and I just sent off a list of interview questions to the Craig James campaign today. So here’s one final news roundup of the senate race before an expected avalanche of news.

  • Young Conservative of Texas endorse Ted Cruz.
  • Though tickets are gone, you can catch Thursday’s Texas Public Policy Foundation candidate debate the live webcast.
  • A brief overview of the candidates in that debate.
  • The Statesman notes the absence of Lt. Governor Chupacabra at that Williamson County candidate forum.
  • Craig James unveils his first ad, talking about how awesome…Rick Perry is. Hmmm. Rick Perry + Craig James = Rick James???

  • And speaking of James (Craig, not Rick), heh. It was still up as of this posting…
  • James also appeared on the Joe Pagliarulo show on KPRC-AM 950 in Houston:

    Looking at James’ Twitter feed, he seems to have done a number of radio shows.

  • Ross Ramsey wonders why James is running.
  • Cruz, Dewhurst, Tom Leppert and James will all be appearing at a March 2 debate sponsored by The Dallas Morning News.
  • An interesting piece on a David Dewhurst proposal (or maybe just a trial balloon idea) for, not an illegal alien amnesty “path to citizenship,” but a path to a work visa, in which “if an undocumented/Illegal resident paid for thumb prints, criminal background checks, and verification of residence, we could grant them a two year Visa…renewable only if they have not been convicted of a felony and have paid their taxes.” I’m not sure if this is the right place to mention it. I’m not in complete agreement with the writer, but I will say that Dewhurst’s proposal is far from the worst illegal alien proposal I’ve read.
  • Back on October 11, I noted that Cruz had picked up the endorsements of “over 115 leaders of the Texas Federation of Republican Women.” The Cruz campaign has now upped that count to over 200 leader Republican women.
  • Still waiting for Democrats Paul Sadler to put up a campaign website, and Jason Gibson to put up one that’s more than a placeholder. Come on people, putting up a page with a brief bio and a donation link is not that freaking hard. With Daniel Boone not having updated his pages in over a month, maybe Sean Hubbard will capture the Democratic nomination simply because he can update his Facebook and Twitter feeds.
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