Excerpt -- And Texans are wondering if this could be a new era for a state that really hasn’t been in the national eye for ages — unless you count the Rick Perry “oops” moment. “Politics has been so dormant in Texas,” said Evan Smith, the editor of The Texas Tribune, whose livecast of Davis’s filibuster was viewed by 182,000 people. “The point is, the world is watching now.” A few years back, Davis told me about an incident during a debate when she had asked a veteran Republican a question about a pending bill. Dodging her query, he said: “I have trouble hearing women’s voices.” I guess they can hear her now.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:06:53 +0000
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