Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Can Wendy Davis have it all?

An in-depth piece on Wendy Davis' place in Texas and national politics.  


"That Davis [#standwithwendy, now running for governor] is from Texas raises the stakes for Democrats. America's longstanding ambivalence about its most bravado-stricken state - I say this as a proud native - intensifies whenever Texans take their acts onto the national stage. ... Were Davis to take the executive office, the triumph would signify a taming of an ornery conservative ethos that resides throughout America but is nurtured in Texas like nowhere else...."

By Robert Draper 

-Claire G. 

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