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OMG. Someone burned up ALL of Harris County's (Greater Houston)

Posted: Aug 29, 2010

Hard to know just what to think. The governor's race was the first thing that popped into my mind. It is no secret that Bill White can count on a huge turn-out in his favor from here for that bid against Gov Slick Texas Big Hair (He Shoots Coyotes, Doesn't He?) Perry. Even though King Richard is still ahead in that poll in a redder than red state, the numbers have been closing in on him, even though the campaign season has not really started just yet, one reason being that Gov Too-Chicken-To-Debate continues to try every trick in the book to avoid a one-on-one with White on the issues. Still, it makes me wonder if one of a handful of Perry's supporters snapped in the heat of these dwindling dog days of summer.

We have until Oct 17 (early voting starts) to come up with a solution to this $40 million-dollar disaster in the making. One thing is for sure. This was NO accident.

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Seems to me that someone wants to make sure there is no - Diebold manipulation.nm

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Click wheel eSlate machines used in HC made by Hart InterCivic - not Diebold

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Along with those user-friendly scandal-free machines went the judge's booth controller boxes and equipment used to move it all around 1778 square miles of geography. Despite what I know will be tireless best efforts by our local election officials, best case scenario will see a shortage of machines available for early voting and election day, long lines in Houston heat and humidity, and huge expenses generated in the short and long term in preparation for 2012.

As a dark horse candidate essentially from out of nowhere, Bill White captured 63 percent of the vote his first term, a whopping 91 percent the second, and 87 percent the third. Harris County, normally red, had a 2009 population of 4,070,989, but the urban component of that number was 3,822,509. Do the math. White is likely to take even higher percentages from the area in the governor's race, since he is a fairly moderate business-oriented democrat with big brains and a proven track record of fiscal know-how. Gov Haircut's relentless efforts to connect White with Obama have fallen on deaf ears for the most part while his own embedded connections to W are inescapable (Lt Gov who ascended by coronation to Gov in 2000 when W went to DC). This would help explain why Gov Slick is running far and wide to avoid debating him.

Despite Governor Big Hair's Secede Much? local color and popularity (10 years of agonizing service and still counting), the chicken-little debate tactics are beginning to take a notable toll on his usual wide poll margins, and the campaign ads have not even seen the light of day as yet. Abysmal voter turn-out in Harris County would be just the ticket for his smoothing sailing into a full third (and mercifully, last) term, while a defeat, hairline or otherwise, sure might put a damper on Perry's (tpot) presidential (gag me) aspirations.

Can you say voter suppression?

Perry continues refusal to debate White - HC OKs $13.6 million for voting machines

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2325 new machines = not quite 25 percent of the original 10,000. Wonder which districts will be shuffled around to new and unfamiliar locations? Still, I bet chicken little broke down and cried when he heard about the new machines.

Perry White debate
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/politics/7178500.html

Voting Machines
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/facebook/7178331.html

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