Does Bill White have a Chance?

On Tuesday, March 2, 2010, the majority of Texas, who are democrats voted for Bill White. He gives the Democrats a faint of hope for the first time in 15 years that they might be able to take back the governor’s office.

For a very long time the Texas Democrats have seen their party stumble and fall in statewide races repeatedly, when the Republican candidate for governor, George W. Bush defeated Ann Richards.

I think that Mr. White has a chance to win this election but still he is going to face a rough battle in a state where big-city mayors have failed to win on a statewide level and where Republicans have been in office since Bill Clements was the first Republican governor in 1979. At the primary, he got about 70 percent of the Democrats votes. I knew that he had the chance to beat Farouk Shami for the Democratic Party. Does Mr. White have a chance to win this election in a Republican state?

In the past, he has cut taxes in Houston and won praise for reducing smog and steering the city through Hurricanes Katrina and Ike. He won re-election twice by large margins. He would probably be re-elected if possible. Does his past accomplishments can make a big difference to win this election?

I think this election this November would be interesting because there is some stuff in the past that made the public to be upset with Rick Perry. If more than, fifty percent of the Republican or the supporters of Rick Perry voted for Bill White. There is chance Texas will be a Democratic state. I know that my generation has never witness a Democrat to be governor of Texas. If Bill White wins, the election this would will go down in history. This election can go both ways. Texas might have given Perry another chance or a Democrat in office. We will see what the outcome will be in November.