Wendy Davis Channels The Anger Of Millions And Gives Rise To The New Texas

Wendy Davis, pictured with Texas State Senator Jose Rodriguez, may have opened a new era for Texas after years of patriarchal rule.

For two decades, since Ann Richards was governor, Texas politics has been dominated by a small group of mostly Anglo-Republican men, elected by a few hundred thousand GOP primary voters.

…when Wendy Davis strode into the Senate chamber on Tuesday with her pink sneakers and perfect Texas hair, and began her one-woman stand against the bill, she was channeling the anger, frustration and hopes of millions of Texans who had had enough. As word spread of Davis’ filibuster, thousands of supporters from all over Texas descended on the Capitol…

Perry signaled that he’s ready for a fight on abortion, telling the National Right to Life Convention in a Fort Worth suburb that the citizens’ filibuster was a “hijacking of democracy.”

He added that Davis, a single teen mother who worked her way to Harvard Law School, “hasn’t learned from her own example that every life must be given a chance.”

Davis responded that the remarks were “small words that reflect a dark and negative point of view.” The next special session is going to be spectacle…

The New Texas – urban, young, increasingly diverse, progressive – made itself heard this week. Suddenly the side of Texas that the rest of the world rarely sees was thrust into the spotlight. It’s the side of Texas that gives Texas Democrats hope.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.