Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, is thinking about a statewide campaign for public office. She might want to think again about running for governor.
A Public Policy Polling survey released the other day indicates she’d lose big to Gov. Rick Perry if the governor decides to seek re-election. The PPP poll — which usually leans Democratic — says Perry would defeat Davis by 14 percentage points.
But I’ve already gone on record as predicting that Perry won’t run for re-election. I’m still thinking he’s going to bow out and concentrate on building a 2016 campaign for (gulp!) president of the United States.
State Attorney General Greg Abbott, another Republican, is waiting in the gubernatorial wings and he, too, will be difficult to beat, even for a Democrat who won a lot of fans over her anti-abortion bill filibuster in the Texas Senate.
Many dreamers are hoping for a time when Texas becomes politically competitive. I’m one of them. But the PPP poll indicates that time hasn’t yet arrived.