For Congress: Bill Flores, TX-17

Businessman, Conservative, Aggie.

And not Cornell A&M either, the one down here in Texas that Keef Olbermann sneered about.

TX -17 was redrawn a few years ago, carving Chet Edwards outta my town. It runs from just south of Ft. Worth, through Waco on to College Station, with a little rectangle thingy between. They took Killeen and Ft. Hood away from him, and that was his major focus for the past 20 plus years, the Army, and the two major veterans hospitals in the area.

Our main gripe with Chet has been he's a Democrat enabler. He voted against Obamacare (he knows hemlock when he smells it). I expected him to jump Republican years ago like Ralph Hall, but he thought he was bulletproof and invisible. Well he's not.

Here's a campaign ad:

RCP says TX-17 "leans Rep". Chet survived the gerrymander on Obama's coattails last time around. He's still got a lot of steam down here, and in DC. He's a senior member on both the Budget and Appropriations Committees, and also chairs the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations subcommittees. Flores would start somewhere further down in the pecking order.

But he'll vote with us.

posted by Dave In Texas at 09:07 PM

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