I hereby throw Jim "Whole Hog" Hightower's ten-gallon hat into the ring.

[KamaAina]

Great geographic balance, and he, not Bernie, is "America's No. 1 Populist".

[hifiguy]

1. Jim and the late, great Molly Ivins

are two of the best things ever to come out of Texas.

[KamaAina]

2. Not to mention Bill Moyers, Willie Nelson, Barbara Jordan, LBJ and so on

Names to remember the next time Texas-bashing inevitably rears its ugly head at DU.

[TexasProgresive]

4. You left out Ann Richards

Best governor Texas ever had. May she rest in peace.

[KamaAina]

8. D'oh!

[hifiguy]

7. indeed. But those Texas repukes and bible bangers

are the nuttiest in the nation. I guess they do everything to greater extremes in Texas.

And there's also Eric Johnson!

Ignore the jacket, this is from the 1980s. Nuff said.

[BlueJazz]

3. I wish he would run. Make for a very interesting scenario

[7wo7rees]

5. I asked him several years ago....

After the dirty campaign waged against him by Rick Perry (with Rove as Perry's campaign mgr) he was done with elected office. Feels he can do more from outside.

Sad.

[Brother Buzz]

6. I understand Robert Reich will be on his 'Short List' for VP tap

[jwirr]

9. I think Robert would lol at that. In one of his posts he said that if no other progressive candidate

would run he would even if he was too short.

[hifiguy]

10. That deserves a