with 60 minutes and 48 hour. joining me now is dan rather, host of access tv s big interview with dan rather. dan, great to see you. you ve covered pretty much every major plane disaster spanning decades. what do you make of this? it s a story that s gripping america, gripping the world. well, gripping is the word and also confounding. i m tempted to say this thing is so confounding it would gave aspirin a headache. but one doesn t want to joke about this situation. number one, each of these plane crashes, plane disappearances, is unique into itself. number two, it s still very, very early in this. and i d be willing to bet the trailer money, piers, that most of the conjecture and speculation we re hearing now, including my own, will prove to be wrong. usually the early speculation is wrong. there is some really as i say confounding, almost dumbfounding facts to this. the fact the plane struck a v,
rules. and very few. it will be an old texas, old-time texas political knife fight. it s certainly odds against wendy davis. but you know, i ve been around long enough, i m not predicting she ll win. if you have to bet the trailer money, you bet she loses. but overnight s a long time in politics. a week is forever. and we re talking about an election that doesn t happen a year from now. so let her rip. it will be interesting to see if she runs a campaign, no matter how close she gets, her chance of win, if she s able to maximize every last democratic voter in the state of texas, what that what kind of effect that will have down ticket. that might change politics. it could. itself, yeah. it should be mentioned that this will be a campaign nasty enough to gag a buzzard. they re already trying to paint her as, one, an abortion barbie doll. she also, quote, hates guns. and if they have to go onto the
friends. anyway, the economy and education and appealing to moderate women. i will say this. this is going to be a very expensive race. it may be the most expensive gubernatorial campaign in the history of the country. remember texas has so many television markets that have to be bought. and so few campaign finance rules. and very few. it will be an old texas, old-time texas political knife fight. it s certainly odds against wendy davis. but you know, i ve been around long enough, i m not predicting she ll win. if you have to bet the trailer money, you bet she loses. but overnight s a long time in politics. a week is forever. and we re talking about an election that doesn t happen a year from now. so let her rip. it will be interesting to see if she runs a campaign, no matter how close she gets, her chance of win, if she s able to maximize every last democratic voter in the state of texas, what that what kind of effect that will have down ticket. that might change politics. i