Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 21:34:14 GMT -6
With Castro on Clinton’s VP Shortlist, Texas is Back in the Presidential Race
Around this time last year, it appeared that Texas would play an outsized role in the 2016 race for the White House. A Texas senator was in the running, as well as a scion of a Texas political dynasty, a former business executive with Austin roots, the libertarian-leaning son of a longtime Texas congressman, and the longest-serving Texas governor in state history.
But things didn’t quite turn out the way anyone predicted. But now it appears that Texas – or at least some key Texans – may be back in the presidential storyline. Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor who failed in his own presidential bid, appears to be helping stage a possible GOP convention coup, calling for his state’s delegates to vote their conscience and pushing Ted Cruz back front and center.
Then there’s this: a Texas Democrat who only days ago said he was out of contention for a spot on the 2016 ticket is now believed to be in the running. Multiple news outlets are reporting that Housing and Urban Development Secretary and former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro is on Hillary Clinton’s shortlist for potential running mates.
Edward-Isaac Dovere, senior White House reporter at Politico, says that despite Castro’s comments at the Texas Democratic Convention that he was not being vetted as a VP pick, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he’s being considered, and to take those comments with a grain of salt.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/with-castro-on-clintons-vp-shortlist-texas-is-back-in-the-presidential-race/
Around this time last year, it appeared that Texas would play an outsized role in the 2016 race for the White House. A Texas senator was in the running, as well as a scion of a Texas political dynasty, a former business executive with Austin roots, the libertarian-leaning son of a longtime Texas congressman, and the longest-serving Texas governor in state history.
But things didn’t quite turn out the way anyone predicted. But now it appears that Texas – or at least some key Texans – may be back in the presidential storyline. Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor who failed in his own presidential bid, appears to be helping stage a possible GOP convention coup, calling for his state’s delegates to vote their conscience and pushing Ted Cruz back front and center.
Then there’s this: a Texas Democrat who only days ago said he was out of contention for a spot on the 2016 ticket is now believed to be in the running. Multiple news outlets are reporting that Housing and Urban Development Secretary and former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro is on Hillary Clinton’s shortlist for potential running mates.
Edward-Isaac Dovere, senior White House reporter at Politico, says that despite Castro’s comments at the Texas Democratic Convention that he was not being vetted as a VP pick, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he’s being considered, and to take those comments with a grain of salt.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/with-castro-on-clintons-vp-shortlist-texas-is-back-in-the-presidential-race/