Comments on: White, Mattox Back HPV Vaccine, But Former AG Says Perry Lacked Authority For Order http://capitolannex.com/2007/02/09/white-mattox-back-hpv-vaccine-but-former-ag-says-perry-lacked-authority-for-order/ Outside Austin, But Terribly Well Connected Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Vince Leibowitz http://capitolannex.com/2007/02/09/white-mattox-back-hpv-vaccine-but-former-ag-says-perry-lacked-authority-for-order/comment-page-1/#comment-99848 Vince Leibowitz Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:51:07 +0000 http://capitolannex.com/2007/02/09/white-mattox-back-hpv-vaccine-but-former-ag-says-perry-lacked-authority-for-order/#comment-99848 I was happy to see Mattox's name in print too. At the convention last summer, he was actually a delegate and was the one to announce results from his home senate district in one of the floor votes. I looked up at the jumbotron and was stunned to see none other than Jim Mattox. Oh! If Ann Richards had appointed him to the Senate, there is no way KBH would have won. And, he'd probably be in line to be President Edwards' (or Clinton's or Obama's or whomever's) Attorney General. Imagine...Mattox as USAG. Oh, but we can dream, I guess. I hope he runs again one day. I was happy to see Mattox’s name in print too. At the convention last summer, he was actually a delegate and was the one to announce results from his home senate district in one of the floor votes. I looked up at the jumbotron and was stunned to see none other than Jim Mattox.

Oh! If Ann Richards had appointed him to the Senate, there is no way KBH would have won. And, he’d probably be in line to be President Edwards’ (or Clinton’s or Obama’s or whomever’s) Attorney General.

Imagine…Mattox as USAG. Oh, but we can dream, I guess. I hope he runs again one day.

]]> By: jrsutter http://capitolannex.com/2007/02/09/white-mattox-back-hpv-vaccine-but-former-ag-says-perry-lacked-authority-for-order/comment-page-1/#comment-99847 jrsutter Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:07:28 +0000 http://capitolannex.com/2007/02/09/white-mattox-back-hpv-vaccine-but-former-ag-says-perry-lacked-authority-for-order/#comment-99847 If the General said it, then it is as if Moses brought it down from the mountain. Even folks who didn't like Mattox--some police agencies--said that at least they knew exactly where they stood with him. Wow. What a difference he made and the end of his political career made. Had he become governor or had Gov. Richards appointed him to the Senate rather than Bob Kruger--a good guy, just not a state wide electable kind of guy--there might have been less steam in the Republicans stride. Or Karl Rove would have had to go after Mattox in Rove's march to Washington over every Democratic state wide office holder. Made me happy to see the General's name in print on some serious constitutional issues. Gov. Perry thinks he can issue executive orders along the lines of a single executive model. But the General says now hold on here. If the General said it, then it is as if Moses brought it down from the mountain. Even folks who didn’t like Mattox–some police agencies–said that at least they knew exactly where they stood with him.

Wow. What a difference he made and the end of his political career made. Had he become governor or had Gov. Richards appointed him to the Senate rather than Bob Kruger–a good guy, just not a state wide electable kind of guy–there might have been less steam in the Republicans stride. Or Karl Rove would have had to go after Mattox in Rove’s march to Washington over every Democratic state wide office holder.

Made me happy to see the General’s name in print on some serious constitutional issues. Gov. Perry thinks he can issue executive orders along the lines of a single executive model.

But the General says now hold on here.

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