Burka Blog Botched Big

Paul Burka is a big-time blogger of Texas politics in Austin. He recently wrote a piece about Margo and Moody. Too bad he got it wrong...big time.

Here's the first few lines of the piece, which can be found in its entirety here.

"This is a swing district, one of the few in the state. I thought it presented the Democrats with a good opportunity to pick up a seat, but the report I get from El Paso is that Moody has been almost invisible in the community since he lost the seat in 2010."

The report? What idiot did Burka talk to? Seriously, did he speak to a Margo staffer or a Margo cheerleader for that quote. Who ever gave Burka that "report" is dumber than the idiot that came up with the idea of marketing truck nuts.

Let me underscore just how stupid of an assessment that "report" is. Its almost like they held an American Idol of stupid in El Paso and Burka spoke to the winner.

Moody has been getting ready for another run at Margo for quite some time now. Margo has taken some really, really, really bad votes that hurt El Paso in the last session. Whats worse about the votes is that the Republicans didn't need him to tow the time on any close votes because there weren't any. He could've voted his conscience or what was best for El Paso.

Apparently he did vote his conscience and it doesn't seem to be in El Paso's best interest.

Burka made a really sloppy assessment about what the race will be like all the way from Austin. Geez, if only there were a source in El Paso that covers local El Paso politics in-depth providing analysis, commentary, and video that was accessible from anywhere in the world, even in Austin via the magic of the internet...

But aside from that, Burka could've at least looked at the actual numbers of the district. If he looked at how the performs. Look at recent and historical trends. Look at performances of generic Republicans versus generic Democrats. Look at performance up and down the ballot.

Burka must think we are a bunch of bumpkins out here but does he think Moody doesn't know how to read what the numbers say?

But in the grand scheme of things, Burka's assessment probably helps Moody. Set the bar low. Then when Moody wins Burka will have to come up with a creative mea culpa...