The Great "White" Hope?
Houston Mayor Bill White introduced Lance Armstrong, who then introduced State Rep. Patrick Rose, at Rose's Sunday night fundraiser. But what was the Houston Mayor doing at a rally in Central Texas?
Well, White says he and Rose have known each other since the representative's halycon days of youth, which was around age 18. But White's the Mayor of HOUSTON, not, say, Buda, which is actually in Rose's district, and he came all the way out to Hays County to support the young rep?
It probably goes a bit deeper. Sources in the Texas Democratic Party say they are looking toward 2010, when White may seek the party's nomination for Governor. It would make sense, then, for the Mayor to up his statewide profile by appearing at more events in more places across Texas. (And according to The Houston Chronicle, his presentation was "crisp".)
 KVUE: Elise Hu White greets baby Victoria and State Rep. Mark Strama outside the annual Rose BBQ. |
He's even cuddling up to babies, seen in this photo with State Rep. Mark Strama (D-Austin) and Strama's seven-month-old daughter, Victoria.
And lest we forget who else was spotted at the fundraiser -- Glen Maxey, former State Rep who's now running for Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector, State Rep. Eddie Lucio III, D-Brownsville, and State Rep. Rick Noriega, (D-Houston), sporting a nice cowboy hat. Noriega is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
Comments
The bigger story was the handsome reporter from Houston . . . who was either really following the Mayor or was there for the BBQ :)
Posted by: Bill | September 11, 2007 12:04 PM
Yeah, I'm a big fan of that Houston reporter.
Posted by: Elise | September 11, 2007 2:10 PM