David Dewhurst (Tx Lt. Gov.) still owes campaign creditors from 2012 race

[Gothmog]

I personally think that David Dewhurst will lose the GOP primary for Lt. Governor to an idiot named Dan Patrick. Dewhurst has some baggage including the fact that conservatives think he was too easy on Wendy Davis in the filibuster. In addition, Dewhurst still owes over $1 million to campaign creditors from his 2012 race of US Senate against Ted Cruz http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/01/dewhurst-gets-home-of-consultant-accused-of-theft/?cmpid=hpts

Meanwhile, the Dewhurst campaign committees apparently still owes approximately $1 million to various consultants and vendors who worked on his 2012 campaign. According to an August story in the Texas Tribune, Dewhurst owed well-known political consultant Dave Carney $36,388, pollster Mike Baselice $50,452 and Jim Bognet $112,885.

Dan Patrick is a tea party idiot but he may well beat Dewhurst in the GOP primary in March. I think that Sen. Leticia Van de Putte can beat Dan Patrick in a general election. Lt. Governor in Texas is actually more powerful than Governor. Wendy Davis can beat Greg Abbott but Leticia Van de Putte will have an easier time defeating Dan Patrick.

[Ilsa]

1. My guess is that a lot of that debt is owed to

small businesses trying to meet payroll every month.

I wouldn't do business on credit with a republican without collateral or prepayment of services. They are not trustworthy.

[DhhD]

2. GOP Serial Liars as in not trustworthy.

http://www.nolanchart.com/article10537-gop-serial-liars.html

[TexasTowelie]

3. My guess is that Dewy is so busy springing his relatives from jail and keeping his GOP cohorts out

of jail that he doesn't have the time to keep his finances straight. Let's not forget that one of his campaign aides stole over $1 million from the campaign.

For some historical context:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10785100
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10785230
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10785955
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107811451

[PDittie]

4. He's got the money to pay them.

It's not as if Dave Carney and Mike Baselice are going to turn his delinquent account over to a collections agency. He's just stringing them out because he's still smarting from the whipping Ted Cruz gave him. As to your prediction, Dewhurst polls well -- but not all that strongly -- against the Three Stooges.



He's going to be in a runoff with one of them, and I detect the strongest online sentiments for Patterson. I read more negative takes from Republicans about Patrick than I do anybody else, in fact. Even they seem to get that he is a charlatan.

Patrick is indeed a dream matchup for VDP. Even Republicans are saying her race is better positioned for victory (irrespective of her November opponent).