Texas
state senator, Wendy Davis is now running for governor of the state. Rachel
Maddow had the opportunity to interview Davis
last year in July after her epic filibuster. Davis
discussed the hypocrisy of the republican majority in Texas,
and particularly of current republican governor Rick Perry, who have stripped
many Texas
women of health care services while vetoing other bills in the name of
'intrusion of government into a person’s liberty.' Personally as a democrat, because Texas is one of the reddest of red sates, I would be
thrilled to see a win for Davis and to see Texas turn from red to
at least purple. Now that Davis
is a gubernatorial candidate the right has been trying to smear her
relentlessly with personal attacks. The more they attack her the more I like
her and I’m certainly not the only one. Davis’
campaign has just announced that she has received a total of 95,892 grassroots
contributions of $50 or less since last summer.