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Tonight's Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Debate

By Steve Hall

Last month, the Texas Debates sponsored a debate among the three major Republican candidates for governor.  Tonight, organizers held a debate between the two major Democratic candidates, businessman Farouk Shami and former Houston mayor Bill White.There was one question and a follow-up about their positions on the death penalty and a moratorium on executions.  You can watch the archived video at this LINK.  The moratorium question occurs at 36:05 into the debate.  Shelley Kofler's followup question begins one question later at 41:37 into the debate.  For best results, view the video full screen;  a time stamp appears in the lower left to aid you in fast forwarding through the video.What follows is my transcription of the give and take:  Citizen question:  Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 09, 2010 (boomark / email).