Pauken drops out of Texas GOP governor's race

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — Tom Pauken, the former chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, announced Thursday that he is dropping out of the race for the Republican nomination for governor because of his campaign’s lack of organization and funds.

The move leaves front-runner Attorney General Greg Abbott in a secure position for the Republican nomination.

If nominated, he would face Democrat state Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth for the governor’s office. Gov. Rick Perry announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election in 2014.

“When I first filed our exploratory committee in March, I said at the time that there were certain, minimum objectives we needed to achieve to win the Republican nomination: (1) We had to raise a minimum of $2 million; (2) We had to build a strong, statewide organization; (3) We had to develop a major social media presence in a short period of time,” Pauken said in a statement. “Even though I have worked hard to get our message out across the state the past six months, unfortunately we are nowhere near where we need to be financially and organizationally to win this race.”

More at http://www.caller.com/news/2013/dec/05/pauken-drops-out-of-texas-governors-race/ .

[font color=green]Pauken was barely able to raise more than $200,000 for his campaign.[/font]

[rurallib]

1. maybe you ought to change your avatar to

"no Abbott" (put red circle with the slash over Abbots name)

[TexasTowelie]

2. It's only fitting that Abbott is already in the Urban Dictionary.

1. To be an extreme liar or to take people as fools.

2. The desire to seize power even if it means grubbiness.

3. That sense of entitlement that comes with advantage.

4. The desire to make stuff up despite being thinly vielled and obvious.

5. To flip-flop on ideas or concepts and claim you thought that way all along simply for popularity.

we don't care what you think you stupid Abbott , just make your mind up so we know where you stand

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Abbott

I'll give some consideration to changing the avatar soon. Prick Perry still has the opportunity to resurrect himself before 2016.