Why Is David Dewhurst Running Voter ID Television Commercials During The Presidential Primary
By Vince Leibowitz on Feb 29, 2008 in Voter ID
Last night, while half-listening to ABC News’ Nightline from the next room, I heard the familiar and unmistakable voice of Lt. Governor David Dewhurst come on the television talking about Voter ID. Evidently, Dewhurst is running a television commercial urging Texans to support voter identification laws.
Among other things (I didn’t have a pen handy to write down the script), Dewhurst harps on the issue of illegal immigrants voting, and says that we need to make sure that only “Americans are voting.”
Since Dewhurst isn’t required to file any reports with the Texas Ethics Commission until later this year because he isn’t up for re-election this year, it is unknown how many markets the ad is running in or how much money he spent on it.
There is no doubt the purpose of Dewhurst’s ad is two-fold: he wants Voter ID to pass and he wants to raise his statewide name identification in anticipation of a run for governor in 2010.
Even so, Voter ID is a hell of an issue to pick–and the whole “illegal immigrants voting” thing is a terribly asinine thing to use in a Voter ID ad since that allegation has been debunked time and time again.
To boot, Dewhurst is running it in the midst of the most important Democratic primary race that Texas has seen in decades. That in and of itself is bothersome.
Why Is David Dewhurst Running Voter ID Television Commercials During The Presidential PrimarySubmitted by: CapitolAnnex on 2/29/08 via feed from Capitol Annex Last night, while half-listening to ABC News’ Nightline from the next room, I heard the familiar and unmistakable voice of Lt. Governor David Dewhurst come on the television
I’ve also gotten two emails and a recorded message from Dewhurst on voter ID. I subscribe to his email list (always good to know what the other guy is thinking), but I have no idea how his campaign got my home phone number. He’s really pushing this hard.
There are referendums re: both issues on the Republican primary ballot.
perceived pro-choice record could be her Achilles heel in a primary against Perry. His positive comments about Dewhurst are a reminder that the worse Perry continues to perform the better Dewhurst seems to look to Texas Republicans. And after heran campaign commericals earlier this year,we can’t rule out the possibility of Dewhurst jumping in this race, at least at this point. The funniest idea that McManus introduces, of course, is the notion that Perry may actually believe he would be a viable candidate for president in 2012. If