At his career, looking at his reputation in texas and everything that had been written about him as a political figure, i thought in 2012, that rick perry was going to be the guy to beat for the nomination that year. He waited a long time to get in in 2012, as mitt romney drifted to the head of that weird pack of republican candidates that year. When rick perry jumped in the race, i thought he was just going to blow everyone away. I had no idea he was going to be such a terrible candidate. And i will tell you. Its three agencies of government when i get there that are gone, commerce, education and the whats the third one there . Five. Commerce, education, and the epa . Epa. There you go. Seriously, is epa the one you were talking about . No, sir, we were talking about the agencies of government epa needs to be rebuilt. You cant name the third one. The third agency of government i would do away with education, commerce and lets see. I cant. The third one i cant. Sorry. Rick perry now says that he was unwell. That he was unhealthy when he ran for president in 2012, thats why he did so poor. He didnt take it seriously enough. Hes not going to make those mistakes again, hes done his homework, memorized all three of the things he wants to say that come in threes. Now he says hes ready to jump in and try again, thats what we are expecting him to say when he makes his big announcement tomorrow. There to rain on his parade will be Hillary Rodham clinton. Former first lady, secretary of state, shes scheduled her own Texas Campaign stop to coincide with rick perrys announcement tomorrow. Texas is a red state. No democrat has won statewide elected office in more than 20 years. The last time was 1994. There had been this brief glimmer of democratic expectations. When rick perry decided to not run for reelection. The very charismatic wendy davis might have a shot at the governorship. She may become the new governor of texas. Wendy davis in 2014 not only got beat, she got beat by 20 points in the 2014 elections. Whatever texas is going to be some day, its really really really red. President obama lost in texas to mitt romney by 16 points. Hillary clinton is in texas today, shes going to be in texas tomorrow as well. Shes not there for the purposes of the electoral college. Shes not going there because anyone has expectations the democrats are going to win unless its a huge blowout. The reason Hillary Clinton is in texas today and tomorrow is caching. Texas is a big state, has a big population, even though the state as a whole votes for candidates there arent a lot of rich donor class democrats in texas who are happy to make their money count in National Democratic campaigns even if their vote in texas doesnt count just yet. Texas is an atm machine for democrats all over the country. Mostly Hillary Clinton will be going to texas to insert her atm card and withdraw campaign donations. Thats mostly why she is there, and nobody would say otherwise. Its not only money that is sending her to texas, at the same time that rick perry will be making his president ial announcement tomorrow, at the same time rick perry is breaking the glass saling for politician s running on indictment charges. No one has done that before. Hell be the first candidate to ever run for president of the United States. You would have thought that particular Glass Ceiling would be bulletproof glass, right . Rick perry will be breaking that bulletproof glass. Hillary clinton will be speaking at Texas Southern university, shell be receiving an award, the great Barbara Jordan, pioneering africanamerican member of congress who quite famously delivered the keynote address in 1976. Ladies and gentlemen, in case you dont know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker the honor Barbara Jordan, democrat of Houston Texas. A lot of years passed since 1832 and during that time it would have been most unusual for any National Political party to ask Barbara Jordan to deliver a keynote address. But tonight, here i am, and i feel that notwithstanding the past that my presence here is one additional bit of evidence that the American Dream need not forever be deferred. We believe in equality for all and privileges for none. This is a police that each american regardless of background has equal standing in the public forum, all of us. Because we believe this idea so firmly, we are an inclusive rather than an exclusive party. Let everybody come. Barbara jordan is a great figure in american history, she was the first africanamerican elected to the Texas State Senate since reconstruction when she was elected in 1967. She was elected to the u. S. Congress in 1973. She was the First Southern woman to ever be elected to the u. S. House. Barbara jordan universally respected Barbara Jordan died relatively young at the age of 59. She died in 1996. President clinton said that before her health went into decline, he had been planning to nominate her for the United StatesSupreme Court. It was known before today that Hillary Clinton would be speaking at Barbara Jordans alma matter in texas, she would be receiving this award tomorrow, it was not known until this afternoon, that the subject of her speech, when she gets that award tomorrow in texas is going to be Voting Rights. And in particular, minority Voting Rights. Barbara jordan was this pioneering africanamerican politician, Texas Southern her alma matter, where Hillary Clinton will be speaking tomorrow, is a historically black university. Minority Voting Rights are a particularly fraught subject right now, between the black population in texas and the latino population in texas, theyre a majority, minority state, its the only majority minority state in the country that still routinely votes republican. And texas votes hugely republican, and that is a significant part because of the contours of the minority vote there. If latino voters voted at the same rate as latino voters in other states in the american southwest, texas would be a blue state. But texas is not, texas is really really really red. Texas legislature is almost entirely republican. And with their grip on texas State Government, republicans in texas have taken some of the most radical steps in the nation to keep texas voting patterns exactly the way they are now, no matter how the demographics keep changing. They want to keep voter rates nice and low, particularly among the growing populations in the state, who might not be inclined to vote republican. Texas republicans have finetuned their laws to make sure that texas keeps voting the way it has been. For example, when Texas Republicans passed new requirements. They would have to start new documentation to be able to vote. They made sure that if your i. D. , your documentation you were going to try to show, was a student i. D. , or lets say your medicaid card or your Social Security card, that would not count. You cannot show those if you wanted to be able to vote in texas. Can you show your concealed handgun permit in order to vote in texas. Whats the material difference between your student i. D. And your medicaid card . The material difference there in terms of identification is hard to see. The material difference in terms of what it predicts in terms of your voting patterns is easier to see. When texas first rolled out this strict new voter i. D. Law, there was skepticism they would be able to get away with it. It would be difficult to vote for poor people and minority people. Texas went ahead with the new law anyway. The Campaign Legal center have been trying ever since to explain in texas and around the country just exactly how bad it is. Just exactly what Texas Republicans have done in terms of how hard they have made it to vote in that state. Watch this. My name is abby, born and raised in Houston Texas. I am working with the Campaign Legal center to help voters get their i. D. I met tony several weeks ago. Tony has voted in every election. He came to texas to be a student at the university of houston. Brilliant guy, got numerous degrees and became an engineer. I follow the candidates quite closely. An informed voter is more likely to make an intelligent decision than an uninformed one. I decided to be informed. Unfortunately because of the new law, tony cannot vote, because he cannot prove his identity at the polls. My state i. D. Was expired, so i called the dps, department of Public Safety and they told me that because my name was changed in 1964, that i could not get an i. D. , this is your i. D. Card from dps that expired. Heres your current voter registration. When he was 14, his mother and father were formally married, they decided to change his last name to his fathers name. Ever since 1964, ive had this name, and theres been no problems until this dpsi. D. Thing came up. You talk to them, birth certificate isnt good enough, because your name changed. We needed name change certificate. We have sent our attorneys from Campaign Legal center down to the courthouse. Despite all of our efforts, they cant find the name change vert. I mean, theres no real cut answer as to what the next step is. The bureaucrats and politicians are giving me hell and very done nothing wrong, and my family did nothing wrong. Im being punished without doing anything wrong. I wonder what kind of america is it that punishes people that did nothing wrong . I live in Houston Texas for 63 years. In my neighborhood theres going to be quite a few people not able to vote because of this new law. Are those your papers over there . Can we go flew those again . Hes been to the dps three times now, the first time he went somebody told him he needed three forms of identification such as his medicare card, bills, things of that nature. Another person says, no, we need your birth certificate. I got your birth certificate, if we werent here, would you be able to drive up to huntsville by yourself . He cant really get around. He has to call friends for rides, which really isnt reliable. We want to make sure you can vote. Im going to take you over to the dps to get your i. D. , and hopefully it runs smoothly, and they dont get confused over there. That was an epic, disappointing failure. They would not let him get his i. D. , on his birth certificate theres a clerical error where they misspelled part of his last name. At the end of the day, he would have to change his name to the incorrect spelling on his birth certificate to get an i. D. , this is what voting has become in texas. Im so sorry. Oh, its the system. Yeah. I dont know what part of it. Lets get you back to the house. This is about the state of texas using taxpayer dollars to implement the most restrictive photo i. D. Law in the country that is intentionally used to suppress minority and low income voters. I dont think youre going to be able to vote in this election because of this law. Thats from the Campaign Legal center in texas, which produced that because theyve been trying to set off alarm bells. Not only around texas, but around the country about how extreme texas has become in terms of what theyve done to the right to vote. Texas announced it was going ahead without voter i. D. Law, the very same day that the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights act. It used to stop states like texas from enacting new voting laws that were that obviously racist. Literally the day the Voting Rights act was wiped out by the the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, texas announced they would go ahead with this voter i. D. Law now that they could. Hillary clinton tomorrow in texas is expected to eviscerate that Supreme Court ruling against the Voting Rights act that gave texas the go ahead with this voter i. D. Bill, shes expected to call for congress to call for a new Voting Rights act. Shes expected to call out texas specifically for what the State Government has done to make voting as hard as possible for certain types of voters in texas. Her top Campaign Lawyer has already filed lawsuits on Voting Rights against North Carolina for its new voting restrictions. And wisconsin for its new voting restrictions, and ohio for its new voting restrictions 37 were expecting more lawsuits from them in nevada, virginia and maybe more. Tomorrow its texas, where logistically, Hillary Clinton the likely democratic president ial nominee for 2016 will be raining on rick perrys president ial announcement. In substance, she will be showing in this major address on voting issues. She will be showing how she intends to pick up what is now a long and bloody fight between democrats and republicans across the country on how hard they can make it for certain people to vote in this country. Its a fight that republicans over these last few years have been winning. Tomorrow we will hear from Hillary Clinton about the way she thinks democrats ought to pick up that fight. I cannot wait to hear it. Audible safety beeping audible safety beeping audible safety beeping the nissan rogue with safety shield technologies. The only thing left to fear is you imagination. Nissan. 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