Texas Tuesdays: Martin Frost Interviews

My earlier post today on Nick Lampson was in error, but I will leave it up because he's a good guy. I am supposed to be writing and linking about Martin Frost for Congress today. Texas Tuesdays: Martin Frost Interviews

BL: A lot of Texas Democrats are having trouble staying motivated. We haven't won a statewide race since 1994, Republicans control all branches of government, and now our communities are chopped up through redistricting. What will it take for Democrats to start winning in Texas again?

MF: A. I'm a baseball fan, so I will answer this with a baseball analogy. We cannot afford to swing wildly at every pitch hoping for a homerun. We need to pick our pitches carefully, hit singles and doubles and run bases aggressively. It is not realistic to think that George Bush won't carry his home state of Texas, and an enormous amount of time and resources could be wasted in that effort. But, there are five highly competitive congressional races in play and over a dozen state house races. Winning these key congressional and state house races will strike a major blow to Tom DeLay and the most extreme elements of the Republican Party and will set the stage for Texas fielding and electing statewide office holders in 2006 or 2010. Mainstream Democrats more accurately reflect the view of average Texans. We must win these highly competitive congressional and state house races to give voice to mainstream Democratic points of view.

Martin Frost, this week's candidate for Congress. Give some money to the cause. Be sure to add the .36 for Texas Tuesdays, too.

An interesting story in this race, a bill to make state sales tax deductable for states without income taxes was given to Frost's opponent Sessions to co-sponser, a tactic normally given to candidates in trouble like in this other bill he was given. The bill had been shelved but Frost gets it brought up to vote, and Sessions voted against his own bill. You can't do much better than that when you want to make a hypocrite out of your opponent.