Liveblogging the Texas Senate Debate Friday, April 13, 7 PM

I’m livebloggiong the debate here.


This is announcement that I will be attempting to liveblog the Texas Senate debate happening this Friday, April 13, at 7 PM CDT.

Some of the things I’ll be looking at most keenly:

  • David Dewhurst’s performance: As the only one of the four major Republican candidates I haven’t interviewed, I’m interested in seeing how Dewhurst performs; several commentator’s dinged him for slow, hesitant answers the last time he attended one of these.
  • Ted Cruz hitting Dewhurst over the Payroll Tax: I’m hoping a lively exchange between the two may clarify the “was Dewhurst proposing a state income tax or not” question.
  • Whether Dewhurst will try to ding Cruz over his law firm work for a Chinese company (weak sauce) or work for George Soros by other members of the firm (non-existent sauce).
  • Will anyone bring up Leppert playing footsies with ACORN and gay rights organizations while he was mayor of Dallas? Or, for that matter, anything concerning his record as mayor?
  • Will Craig James bring up more policy specifics than he has before? Not any area of strength for the James campaign so far.
  • As for Senate debate drinking games, sip every time:

  • James says “real street.”
  • Cruz says “proven conservative.”
  • Leppert or Dewhurst says “businessman.”
  • Anyone but Cruz says “I’m not a lawyer…”
  • Chug when:

  • James uses a football metaphor.
  • Leppert says “I don’t speak in 30 second sound bites.”
  • Cruz or Dewhurst mentions their fathers.
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    3 Responses to “Liveblogging the Texas Senate Debate Friday, April 13, 7 PM”

    1. JP says:

      Hope we’ll still be able to read your blog by the end of the debate!

      Gonna be a lot of drinking going on with the rules for your Senate Debate drinking game.

    2. Lawrence Person says:

      Hey, I didn’t say I would be drinking. I have blogging obligations, and lack the sturdy drinking constitution of a Vodka Pundit.

      Besides, I did refrain from advising people to sip every time someone said “conservative” or bashed Obama. After all, I don’t want any alcohol-related deaths on my hands…

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