On Real Reform

Real Reform | Chris Bell for Texas Governor

I'm pretty sure the time to admit that I take a back seat to another blogger is when I find myself marveling over how anyone can weave baseball card sorting and a "Real World" reference with the meaning of being a "Reform Democrat." Kudos to Team Bell's own utility infielder Jason Stanford on that one.

The Texas blogosphere has had a period of debate on several aspects of what it means to be a "Reform Democrat." My contributions (here and here) now seem woefully inadequate due to no mention of the infield fly rule in eitehr post.

Solid Gold Excerpt:

But think about the word ?reform,? literally to change the shape of something, and you start to get the deeper meaning of what we?re about here. If we run the same kind of campaign that Texas Democrats are used to, employing the same methods, consultants, and messages, then we?re probably going to get pretty much the same result. Factor in the rapid onset of the information age and the woeful alienation that most Texans?even more registered voters?feel toward a democracy, and we have a mandate to reform the way campaigns are run and, by extension, what Texas Democrats stand for. Chris is running a reform campaign to renew irrelevant political structures, but let me break it down for you like this. The Chris Bell campaign is what happens when politics stops being politically correct?and starts being real. And yes, that was the first reference to the "Real World" in Texas statewide politics.