Houston mayor has raised $1.4 million toward U.S. Senate run, adviser says

[Lithos]

Houston Mayor Bill White’s consultant says White has raised $1.4 million since he declared plans to run for the U.S. Senate in mid-December. That probably puts White ahead of all candidates either exploring or committed to chasing the Senate seat yet to be vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has said she’ll formally declare her candidacy for governor this summer.

White’s consultant, Mustafa Tameez, noted that White is still mayor of the nation’s fourth-largest state and counts on a statewide pile of backers. “We’re keeping a very strong pace,” Tameez said.

Individual contributions for a Senate race must be raised in $2,300 increments. So it’s fair to say that White’s haul, which counts nearly $769,000 gathered between Dec. 15 and Dec. 31, demonstrates strength.

Houston lawyer Barbara Radnofsky, the Democrats’ 2006 Senate nominee, raised close to $1.5 million her entire campaign, while Rick Noriega, the Democratic candidate who challenged Sen. John Cornyn last year, raised $4.2 million.

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[sonias]

1. He can raise money and self finance

That is the advantage Bill while has. He may not be progressive and a lot of people have criticized him for that saying he's barely better than a republican, but I say this - I believe in incremental change. Sometimes it's the only thing we can get in Texas.


Sonia

[Baby Snooks]

2. Why Washington instead of Austin?

Why Washington instead of Austin?

http://pwcsucks.com/_wsn/page5.html

One of the "public relations" problems he has is the "intervention" with regard to a hirise in Houston that was denied a final permit despite no real legal basis to deny the permit and the "neighborhood committee" involved was "chaired" by two of the V&E attorneys. There were two other developments in the neighborhood that he told the HOAs there was nothing they could do anything about. Then suddenly he did something about the hirise.

Most expected him to run for governor. Then suddenly he decided to run for Kay Bailout Hutchison's seat. And he seems very sure she is going to resign the seat. Maybe he knows she is?

Keep in mind this is the law firm that Ken Lay asked advice from in terms of how to deal with Sharron Watkins. And the law firm that set up all the partnerships that were used to defraud everyone.

You have to wonder if Barbara Radnofsky would have won in 2006 had she been able to "raise some issues." She was a partner at V&E.