Well, now that we have passed all the constitutional amendments it is time for the Gossips to look ahead and see who just might be running for Governor in 2010, just a few short years away. Oh yes I know we have to elect a President in 2008, but looking at Texas Governor is more fun. Just look at Kinky Friedman's most recent poll of Democratic candidates: Chris Bell was the leader at 22%, Tony Sanchez at 15, John Sharp had 13, Bill White was at 12 and Kinky Friedman at 9%. Sure Bill White is just known in Houston and has never run a statewide campaign so his showing is pretty good, but Chris Bell is even in better shape after losing to Rick Perry in 2006. And of course old Kinky is now saying he might run for Governor as a Democrat next time. You would think that Democrats just might hold his last race against him. Running as a Independent took votes away from Chris Bell and allowed Perry to win with less then 40% of the vote. Perhaps that is why Kinky is down at the bottom with just 9% of the vote in this poll.

And speaking of the race for President did you see the editorial cartoon which showed Fred Thompson being speechless due to the Hollywood writer's strike? What happened to Fred's campaign, by now you would expect him to be leading in the polls. The Gossips think he is about ready to pull out of Iowa and put all his effort into winning in South Carolina.

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