Wendy davis is a Democratic State senator from ft. Worth, texas. She is expected next month to announce she is running for governor of texas. And, of course, it is an uphill battle for any democrat to wage a statewide political fight in texas, even now as texas is trending more purple and democrats are making strong efforts there. Its going to be tough for her to win that race. The reason that wendy davis is thought to have a better chance than any other democrat in texas is in part because of her national profile. And Wendy Davis National profile was built, largely, on this. These are her awesome pinkish mizuno sneakers, which apparently started selling very, very well in Online Retail sales after wendy davis wore them for 13 hours, while she held court and filibustered in the texas state legislature. The rules in texas for this kind of thing are really strict. Not only can you not sit down and not stop talking, you cant lean on anything. You cant touch your desk which youre standing
To win that race. The reason that wendy davis is thought to have a better chance than any other democrat in texas is in part because of her national profile. And Wendy Davis National profile was built, largely, on this. These are her awesome pinkish mizuno sneakers, which apparently started selling very, very well in Online Retail sales after wendy davis wore them for 13 hours, while she held court and filibustered in the texas state legislature. The rules in texas for this kind of thing are really strict. Not only can you not sit down and not stop talking, you cant lean on anything. You cant touch your desk which youre standing right next to. Nobody else can touch you. You cannot have anything to eat. You cannot have anything to drink, meaning you cant have a sip of water. But still, senator wendy davis stood there for 13 hours and in so doing, she won. What she did worked. And she wasnt just standing there talking for 13 straight hours, because she had 13 hours of stuff she wanted to
Chuck todd, the lights are on. First read, president obama will take his push for stricter gun laws on the road for the first time. Today he heads to minneapolis, just about an hour from now, hes going to visit the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center and talk about what the white house calls a comprehensive set of common sense ideas to reduce gun violence. Minneapolis dubbed murderapolis in the 90s has had success in deterring crimes. Minnesota is also home to a bipartisan push by sheriffs to improve background checks and this week the state legislature is Holding Hearings on nearly a dozen gun proposals including a universal background check. In september, mentally ill gunmen killed six people in a shooting. Signs are growing that gun control advocates are recognizing the legislative reality and may be able to settle on passing background legislation and calling that a win. On abc over the weekend, harry reid pointedly would not commit to supporting an assault weap
America can do this for us. Please. The ad highlights the nras slide towards irrationality since law pierre throated his full support for background checks. The craziness of the extreme progun lobby has been revealed, and that has got to move the debate. Its got to move the legislation to at least some degree. The nra is now revealed as an insan organization, and that matters quite a lot. Criticism of the nra is no longer the purr view of the New York Times proving just how exactly they have gotten. The nra executive Vice President was called out on fox news sunday. Fox news sunday. For his baseless fear of a government gun grab. I think theyll turn this universal check on the lawabiding into a universal rebelling industry of lawabiding people, and lawabiding people dont want that. I mean, my god. Its the last thing. They absolutely do not. I mean, forgive me, sir, but you take something that is here and you say its going to go all the way over there. Theres nothing that anyone in the
Coming up. All that plus i am absolutely geeking out a little bit over what i think is the coolest car ever. The tesla. I will tell you why its so cool but also why its so important. But tonight we begin with a man who i believe is the most dangerous politician on the american right. In october 2007 i sat in the media gallery of the United States Supreme Court and watched the solicitor general of texas argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a mexican national, jose, who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in houston. He won that argument and he was executed by texas on august 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the United Nations and the International Court of justice. At the time, i had no idea who this man arguing on behalf of texas was. But all i could think was holy crap, this guy is good. It was one of his nine times arguing before the Supreme Court and he was witty, incredibly fast on his feet and clearly had a brill