The American Freedom Network

Texas tea?

     A Tea Party insurgent is within striking distance of forcing a runoff in the Texas GOp primary.  Gov. perry may have to square off against a Ron Paulesque woman who talks up Austrian School economics and St. Augustine.  Debra Medina appears to be the real deal – no teleprompter or crib notes for this Texas woman.  Unlike Scott Brown, she is not a good campaigner who happens to be an establishment Republican riding the crest of voter anger to a major upset.  Ms. Medina is challenging GOP heavy-hitters Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Gov. Rick Perry for the governorship.  She does it with an unabashedly populist and libertarian mix of policy positions that dovetail nicely with core elements of Texas political character.  More than Scott Brown, this could be a game-changer, as the Tea party seeks power, rather than supporting others seeking power.  As Gov. Huckabee said when courting evangelical voters in 2008, “I don’t come to you because I come from you.”  Much the same could be said of Debra Medina. 
    Let the March madness begin with an upset in the Lone Star State!