WaPo Writes Wendy Davis’ Political Obituary

When faced with the news that the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) was not going to invest in State Senator Wendy Davis’ gubernatorial bid as a top tier effort, the campaign offered a taste of internecine anger that is certain to make Texas Republicans delight as the 2014 General Election approaches.

“The uninformed opinions of a Washington, DC desk jockey who's never stepped foot in Texas couldn’t be less relevant to what’s actually happening on the ground,” Davis campaign manager Karin Johanson told The Washington Post.

Though The Washington Post certainly deserves credit for picking up the story of the DGA dumping Davis, the analysis offered as to why national Democrats would hedge bets in Texas leaves much to the imagination. As Breitbart Texas has recently reported, the Davis camp cannot truly point to a respectable polling outfit--even Public Policy Polling (PPP)—to demonstrate to donors that the needle is moving in any way toward Democratic gains. READ MORE ->