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State Rep. Terri Hodge likely headed back to Austin

By Gritsforbreakfast

Over at the Texas Observer, Jason Johnson has a story about the dead-certain re-election prospects of state Rep. Terri Hodge, a Dallas Democrat who has been indicted on federal bribery charges but who drew no Democratic nor GOP opposition in her South Dallas district.Except for Elise Hu at KVUE, who got out her ten foot pole to explore the touchy topic last month, and a few conservative bloggers asking where are her liberal critics, both the Democratic Party and the blogosphere have been surprisingly silent on this subject (except to solicit legal defense funds), particularly when compared to the reaction after the Harris County DA's embarrassing emails were recently revealed - the party basically hounded him out of the nominating process, then called on AG Greg Abbott to launch an independent investigation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 09, 2008 (boomark / email).