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class="content poll"> <div class="story"> <h6>The Polling Center: Texas vs. Washington?  |  <span class="date">11/6/09</span></h6> <p><p>The UT/Tribune poll results on general attitudes and policy-related questions convey some very intense disapproval of political leadership. This disapproval is most negative when respondents consider national political leaders and policy, but there is also clear dissatisfaction with leadership at home. The bottom-line is that Texas is home to some very intense dissatisfaction with the national political leadership that emerged from the 2008 general election.</p> <p>The mood in the state remained generally negative in the survey, as has been the trend for the last year. At a broad level, 59% of those surveyed said the US was on the ...</p>  <a class="read" href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2009/nov/06/polling-center-texas-v-washington/">Read full post</a></p> </div> </div> <ul class="actions"> <li class="view_more"> <a href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/polling-center/" title=""><span>+</span> Polling Center</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="column last"> <strong class="header">Other People’s Polls</strong> <div class="content"> <div class="polls"> <table class="polls_for_month" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">September 2009</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/texas/toplines/toplines_texas_republican_primary_september_16_2009" class="external" title="">Hutchison 40, Perry 38, Medina 3</a> 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href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2009/nov/04/former-tigua-leader-mulling-senate-run/" title="">2010: Former Tigua leader mulling Senate run</a> </h4> <p class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brandi-grissom/" class="author">Brandi Grissom</a> <span class="date">11/4/09</span> | <span class="relative_time">about 3 days ago</span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>Albert Alvidrez, a former governor of the <a title="Tigua tribe" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904/http://www.ysletadelsurpueblo.org/" target="_blank">Tigua tribe</a> in El Paso, is mulling a run for the <a title="Texas Senate" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/texas-senate/" target="_blank">Texas Senate</a> seat being vacated by Democrat Sen. <a title="Eliot Shapleigh" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/eliot-shapleigh/" 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But having Alvidrez in the Senate might not earn the tribe another vote for gambling rights.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="has_author_photo"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/profiles/tt_bio_grissom_brandi_jpg_62x1000_q85.jpg" width="62" alt=""/> <div class="description"> <h4> <a href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2009/nov/04/another-el-paso-republican-challenge-moody/" title="">2010: Another El Paso Republican to challenge Moody</a> </h4> <p class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brandi-grissom/" class="author">Brandi Grissom</a> <span class="date">11/4/09</span> | <span class="relative_time">about 3 days ago</span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>El Paso Republican Rene Diaz invited us at The Texas Tribune this morning to join him on his "journey" as he runs for the Texas House. Diaz is going to run for the HD78 seat that Democrat Joe Moody now represents.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="has_author_photo"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/profiles/tt_bio_smith_evan_jpg_62x1000_q85.jpg" width="62" alt=""/> <div class="description"> <h4> <a href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2009/nov/04/2010-distinguished-gentlelady-h-p/" title="">2010: The Distinguished Gentlelady from H-P?</a> </h4> <p class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/" class="author">Evan Smith</a> <span class="date">11/4/09</span> | <span class="relative_time">about 4 days ago</span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>Another Texan is running for the U.S. Senate -- but in an actual race, not a hypothetical one that depends on dominoes <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904/http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2009/11/kbh_and_the_res.html" target="_blank">falling</a>, and not in Texas. 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Among the interesting things to watch will be the dynamic between Shami and his rival for the nomination, Kinky Friedman, as the two are well acquainted: Shami was the subject of one of Kinky's fawning TEXAS MONTHLY <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904/http://www.texasmonthly.com/2003-12-01/roundup.php" target="_blank">columns</a> (edited by yours truly) back in 2003 -- the sort of piece in which he would go all gooey over someone he professes to love, like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904/http://www.texasmonthly.com/2004-06-01/friedman.php" target="_blank">Racehorse Haynes</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904/http://www.texasmonthly.com/2009-05-01/friedman.php" target="_blank">Jim Nabors</a>.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="has_author_photo last"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091107215904im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/profiles/tt_bio_grissom_brandi_jpg_62x1000_q85.jpg" width="62" alt=""/> <div class="description"> <h4> <a href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2009/nov/01/new-name-game/" title="">2010: New name in the game</a> </h4> <p class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20091107215904/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brandi-grissom/" class="author">Brandi Grissom</a> <span class="date">11/1/09</span> | <span class="relative_time">about 7 days ago</span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>El Paso business developer Jay Kleberg confirmed Sunday that he will run as a Republican in 2010 against state Rep. 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