{"id":7733,"date":"2010-02-05T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/how-red-is-texas-new-poll-for-gov-shows-little-known-gop-chair-from-rural-county-would-beat-ex-democrat-mayor-from-mighty-houston\/"},"modified":"2010-02-05T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T09:43:00","slug":"how-red-is-texas-new-poll-for-gov-shows-little-known-gop-chair-from-rural-county-would-beat-ex-democrat-mayor-from-mighty-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/how-red-is-texas-new-poll-for-gov-shows-little-known-gop-chair-from-rural-county-would-beat-ex-democrat-mayor-from-mighty-houston.php","title":{"rendered":"How Red is Texas?  New poll for Gov. shows little-known GOP Chair from rural County would beat ex-Democrat Mayor from mighty Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Zm6JXvXXze4\/S2vrnAmJSaI\/AAAAAAAAJqA\/aVSQBjmUjcQ\/s1600-h\/bill-white.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/e13de_bill-white.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Debra Medina, a former County Republican Chair from tiny Wharton County, would beat former two-term Houston Mayor and likely Democrat nominee for Governor Bill White, according to a new Rasmussen poll.  Houston has a population of over 4 million.  The mostly rural, rice-farming Wharton County (El Campo, Boling), near Victoria, has a population of approx. 8 thousand.<\/p><p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/elections2\/election_2010\/election_2010_governor_elections\/texas\/election_2010_texas_governor\">Rasmussen<\/a>:<\/p><blockquote><p>The surprise, as in the new Rasmussen Reports survey of the GOP gubernatorial primary, is the growing strength of Debra Medina, a businesswoman active in the state&rsquo;s Tea Party movement. Medina now edges White 41% to 38%. Last month, White had a 44% to 38% lead on her. In this contest, six percent (6%) favor some other candidate, but a more sizable 16% are undecided. <\/p><\/blockquote><p>Medina has received praise for injecting a hardline Ron Paul-like line into the Texas GOP primary calling for outright secession, and massive downsizing and elimination of state government programs.  <\/p><p>Of course, frontrunner Gov. Rick Perry would fare well against White, 48% to 39%, and 2nd place holder Kay B. Hutchison racks up an even better score, 49% to 36% score.<\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/e13de_7828681836623105417-6473172123562011524?l=libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debra Medina, a former County Republican Chair from tiny Wharton County, would beat former two-term Houston Mayor and likely Democrat nominee for Governor Bill White, according to a new Rasmussen poll. Houston has a population of over 4 million. 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