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May 16, 2008
Governor Dan?
Way back in December 2006, at the end of a post-election piece on current Texas Governor Rick Perry after his landslide reelection with 39% of the vote, we speculated that Houston State Senator and radio talk show personality Dan Patrick might have his own eye on the governor's mansion.
Patrick had just been easily elected to the State Senate, and was in the process of expanding his radio presence to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as well as San Antonio. During the subsequent legislative session, Patrick used the airwaves as a bully pulpit to rail against issues like the business margins tax, the Trans Texas Corridor, and of course, his favorite bogeyman, illegal immigrants.
Whatever one may think of Patrick's politics or effectiveness as a legislator, he's a pretty effective demagogue and rabble rouser. With talk radio stations in the state's three largest media markets, the good senator has strategically begun building a devoted listenership on the far right, devotees who could perhaps be mobilized for say, a statewide run for office?
Well, this afternoon via Quorum Report we get the first inkling of just that -- danpatrickforgovernor.com. There is not much to the site at this point, and the hosts, John and Hope Hennessy, are quick to point out Patrick has not sanctioned it. We've got ourselves an honest to goodness draft movement folks!
Who knows whether this effort will amount to much or where it will lead, but it certainly passes for entertainment on a Friday afternoon. And we're betting there are a few smiles over in the Bill White camp. Stay tuned.
Posted by houtopia at May 16, 2008 04:15 PM