Following their unsurprising recommendation of KBH in the GOP Governor’s primary, the Statesman makes the clear and obvious choice in the Democratic race as well.
As Texas moves through precarious times, it needs leaders from that moderate middle. We believe former Houston Mayor Bill White can be one of those leaders, and we endorse his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
White brings an impressive resume that includes business leadership, a stint as a top official in the Clinton administration’s Energy Department and a successful tenure as mayor of Houston — a city as politically and ethnically diverse as our state.
White also brings a low-key, thoughtful approach that seems like just what Texas needs now. There’s nothing like high-decibel rhetoric to get folks excited around election time. But today’s problems — education, transportation, health care, jobs, a massive projected state budget shortfall, etc. — are best solved by thoughtful deliberation, not overheated rhetoric.
It’s also not the time or place for know-it-all politicians who think they have all the solutions and can single-handedly put them in place.
I feel sure that all of the other papers will go the same way on each race. If we then get the White-Perry matchup that most of us are expecting, I figure White will do well on those endorsements, too. If it does come down to White-KBH, that will be more interesting from this perspective.