More on Marquez

I wanted to clarify a couple points about my piece yesterday having to do with what happens when the senator eventually leaves his seat.

First, the main point of what I wrote was the fact that Marquez is the most likely to run, but least likely to win. Not sure how any of you interpreted what I said any differently, but that was my point.

Do I think she's qualified? Yes, certainly. More so than one or two other members of the delegation to be sure.

The other thing I wanted to underscore is that she's tougher than most people give her credit for. I have two reasons for thinking this.

#1 - she's terrible at relationship management which surprisingly doesn't appear to have hurt her in Austin yet, but has at home. She can't keep political allies and constantly has to keep looking for another port in the storm. That has to suck. Especially as she looks towards playing the long game in politics. I mean she's really put herself on an island.

#2 - she had to deal with a real asshole a while back. Some jerk in cyberspace was harassing her, making fun of her, and made a threat against her. Eventually law enforcement was involved and well, when you threaten a public official you have to know that law enforcement takes that stuff seriously. That guy learned that you're never really totally anonymous on the Internet. He was eventually found out.

And faceless assholes that harass, make fun of, and threaten someone anonymously online are cowards and total Dicks. No one likes a total Dick.

Funny thing...that same guy didn't learn his lesson and did the same thing to me. I figured out who he was and confronted him. Funny how the people that do that are all pretty brave until you figure out who they are.

Then they aren't so brave anymore.

Marquez has had to deal with that and I admire her for being strong and not being intimidated by that kind of stuff. In fact, I'd love to see her come up with some legislation to protect people from those faceless anonymous Dicks.